What is a Category B listed building?
Category B – These are buildings of architectural or historic interests, which are considered major examples of a particular period, style, or building type. These include a building of regional or local importance, which may have been altered.
What does B listing mean?
Category B means a building of regional or local importance, a major example of a particular style or period, which may have been altered.
What can you do to a listed building in Scotland?
Owners of listed buildings may need to apply for consent to make changes to their property. Listing will usually only affect you if you want to make changes to a listed building. You may need to get listed building consent before starting work.
Is listed building consent required for internal alterations Scotland?
Listed buildings are afforded statutory protection. This means that listed building consent is required for the demolition of a listed building, or its alteration or extension in any manner which would affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
Can you change the interior of a listed building?
Listed Building Consent may be required to change the internal layout if your house is listed, and you should seek advice on this before carrying out any changes.
Do you need planning permission for a shed on a Grade 2 listed building?
If you want to attach a new structure, such as a conservatory, to a Listed Building, you’ll certainly need Listed Building Consent. As with the shed, you might also need planning permission, depending on whether or not the conservatory falls within the usual ‘permitted development’ rules.
Can I put a shed in the garden of a listed building?
You must apply for full planning permission to erect a garden building, greenhouse or shed in your garden. This includes timber sheds.
What can you do to a Grade B listed building Scotland?
You need to apply for listed building consent from your local authority to demolish, alter or extend any part of your listed building in a way which affects its character. Routine repairs and redecoration that do not affect the character of the listed building do not normally require consent.
What can I do to a listed building without consent?
Emergency work can be carried out to a listed building without prior consent providing you can subsequently prove all of the following: That the works were urgently necessary in the interest of safety or health or for the preservation of the building.
Do you need planning permission for a patio in a listed building?
Flats. You must apply for full planning permission to add or replace a hard standing or paved area. Examples are a patio or driveway. If your flat is a listed building or part of, you must apply for listed building consent.
Can I build in the garden of a listed building?
Consents and permissions If your house is listed, structures in the garden such as walls and outbuildings are usually also protected, so you may need consent before you remove or alter them. Major landscaping or engineering work usually needs planning permission.
Can you paint walls in a listed building?
You will need consent if you are painting the external walls of a listed building for the first time. This is unlikely to be granted if the surface is of historic significance. You will also need consent to change the colour by redecorating if it affects the character of the building.