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  • PinkyPinky April 2011
    Hello, can anyone please tell me whether a listed building can ever become "unlisted".
    If not, can owners get fiancial help for replacing things like windows etc.

    Many thanks :-)
  • jbrennanjbrennan April 2011
    yes a building can apply for delisting but this is a long process and is very much unlikely to happen, as english hertiage decide if the building is allowed to be delisted.

    financial help can be given. you may be best looking on the english heritge website it is very useful. you can also apply for demolition consent to knock down listed buildings that are suffering from irriversible decay.

    hope this has been of some help.

  • makomako May 2011
    The chances of getting a property de-listed is virtually zero. One can only de-list if the historical reason for the initial listing has been proved to be wrong.

    The english heritage keeps no record on the number of successful de-listings ie they won't say.

    Your best bet is to write a letter to your MP and the the Communities and Local Government Dept and mount a campaign to get the residential listed building law changed. The current law is deeply flawed.

    If you own a grade 2 listed building you will not get any grant support for replacing windows.

  • ramcirramcir September 2011
    I maybe in the wrong location for my question. I am looking for information about G. Attoe Son furniture makers at Stump Cross, Norwich. Much lookng and find nothing. I am in Arkansas, USA. Difficult trying to find any thing, can you help me? e-mail addressis "zx73rtmrp.8@sudenlink.net". Thanks.
  • FrugaldomFrugaldom October 2011
    On the subject of Listed Buildings, I'm in Scotland and we have bought a house that's Listed.

    Having spoken to the local council, they have more or less said that we don't need planning permission to carry out works that are improving the original building and renovating or replacing like for like. Does this also apply to the front yard? The original one was cobbled until some clown concreted over it. Council said OK to go ahead and restore it, but I'm now wondering if even the smallest changes, like securing a freestanding mailbox, would be contravening the ever-tightening regulations?
  • lifeinthepastlanelifeinthepastlane November 2011
    Hi ramcir,
    website www.historical directories.org may be of use to you, G Attoe & Son will have a listing I am sure. Have you tried Norfolk records office? or English National Archives website? Surprising what you can turn up there.
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