Conservation

Local List

The Lancashire Local List Project has been set up by Growth Lancashire Ltd to recognise local heritage assets in Lancashire. They are working with all the Lancashire Local councils including Lancashire County Council.

What is Local Heritage?

Local heritage is any asset that is valued by the local community and adds to the character and uniqueness of the area.

This can include:

  • buildings
  • monuments
  • sites
  • places
  • areas
  • historic parks
  • gardens or other designed landscapes

What is a Local List?

The Local List is a formal record of all local heritage assets. Instead of using buildings it is made up of different things that make up our historic environment.

The Local List is buildings and structures that do not meet the criteria for being listed buildings but are judged to be of architectural or historical importance to their local community. These heritage assets make a positive contribution to the character of an area and add to our sense of place.

The Local List helps owners, developers, and decision-makers recognise the building's significance and how it adds to the character and speciality of the local area.

Whilst the whole of the asset is covered by the listing, some parts may be more important than others.

A wide variety of buildings, structures and sites are suitable for the list. These are the types of assets we would consider including:

  • Agricultural: farms, barns, gate posts and boundary walls
  • Commercial: pubs, shops and offices
  • Cultural: art installations, graffiti and statues
  • Recreational: village halls, community centres, cinemas, sports grounds and social clubs
  • Domestic: town houses, custom development and designed estates
  • Educational: schools and colleges
  • Health: hospitals, almshouses and poorhouses
  • Industrial: factories, warehouses and workshops
  • Military: civil defence, military camps, war memorials, air raid shelters and pill boxes
  • Religious: churches, chapels, meeting houses, memorials, crosses and tombs
  • Transport: railway stations, signal boxes and railway bridges
  • Ancient orchards

The Historic England website has more information on identifying and conserving local heritage.

The effects of local listing

Special permission to start any alterations or repairs to an asset included on the Local List isn't usually needed.

If work need planning permission, the local listing helps to recognise the historical importance of a building. As a result, it’s importance to the local community becomes a material consideration when deciding the outcome of a planning application.

Is my building on the Local List?

Find out if a building or structure is included on the Pendle Local List on:

How to nominate a site

In 2022, Lancashire County Council used Growth Lancashire to prepare a Lancashire Local List. Sites were nominated by a Parish or Town Council or a recognised community group.

Future nominations for the Pendle Local List should be sent to:

Pendle Council
Planning Department
Town Hall
Market Street
Nelson
BB9 7LG

To be included on the Local List a heritage asset must meet at least one of the assessment criteria.
 

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