Guidance

Principles of selection for listed buildings

Statutory criteria and general principles applied by the Secretary of State when deciding whether a building is of special architectural or historic interest.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Published: 1 March 2010
• Last updated: 30 January 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

• Publication for Northern Ireland
• Publication for Scotland
• Publication for Wales

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Principles of selection for Listed Buildings

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This document sets out the statutory criteria and general principles applied by the Secretary of State when deciding whether a building is of special architectural or historic interest and should therefore be added to the list of buildings compiled under the terms of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. It also sets out the circumstances under which the Secretary of State will consider granting a request for a certificate of immunity (CoI) from listing in respect of a building under the terms of the 1990 Act.

Published 1 March 2010
Last updated 30 January 2025 + show all updates

1. 30 January 2025

   Guidance converted to HTML to improve accessability with links also updated.

2. 19 November 2018

   Updates: -Summary to note updated principles of selection. -Body abridgement to further note updates to principles and brief description. -Changed the attachment to the updated principles of selection pdf. -Specified that this guidance is England only. -Redirected SCO, WAL & NI users to relevant websites.

3. 1 March 2010

   First published.