Listed Building Application form - East Ayrshire Council

listed building you may require to complete the Advertisement Consent application inaddition to the Listed Building Consent application.What Is A Listed Building?4. A “listed building” is a building, object or structure of special architectural or historicinterest. It is included in the Scottish Ministers’ Statutory List of Buildings of SpecialArchitectural or Historic Interest. Compiled by Historic Scotland, under the provisionsof the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997, theList of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest comprises a wide varietyof structures, from castles and cathedrals to milestones and docks.5. The different categories of listing show the relative merit of the buildings:• Category A buildings are those of national or international importance, eitherarchitectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some particular period,style or building type• Category B are particularly important buildings of regional or more than localimportance, or major examples of some particular period, style or building typewhich may have been altered• Category C(S) are of local importance, lesser examples of any period, style, orbuilding type, as originally constructed or moderately altered; and simple,traditional buildings which group well with others in categories A and B or arepart of a planned group such as an estate or an industrial complexWhat Part Of The Building Is Listed?6. When a building is listed, it is listed in its entirety, i.e., both the exterior and theinterior are protected. Furthermore, any object or structure fixed to the building, andany object or structure within the curtilage of the building, which, although not fixedto the building, forms part of the land and has done so since before July 1st 1948, aretreated as part of the listed building.7. For more information about listed buildings please look at the website of HistoricScotland; Scottish Historic Environment Policy SHEP ; Scottish Planning Policy 23 -Planning and the Historic Environment SPP 23; Managing Change in the HistoricEnvironment Guidance Series ; the Guide to the Protection of Scotland’s ListedBuildings – What Listing Means to Owners and Occupiers 2009 What Listing Meansfor Owners and Occupiers These documents provide more detailed guidance aboutlisted buildings and how to ensure the character of these buildings is protected whenproposals are devised.