Locally Listed Buildings

In accordance with advice given by the Government in PPG15, Hackney Council keep a list of buildings of local significance. Those buildings on the Local List were agreed at Committee, and are covered by Policy EQ20 of the Council’s adopted UDP. The Council will take appropriate action to secure the retention and enhancement of these buildings and structures of local significance.

The inclusion of buildings of architectural quality and character or historical significance on the local list is based upon their ability to satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

1    Historical Interest
       An association with well known local personalities or events.

2    Architectural Interest
       Was built before 1840 and survives in anything like its original condition; or if later, has an architectural style or technological application that, of its type:
a)    is the earliest or sole surviving example
b)    is a substantially intact or evocative example
c)    is a unique or trend setting example

3    Environmental Significance
       A building that makes a special contribution to the environment of a street or locality by:
a)    being a characterful and time-honoured or locally valued feature;
b)    being part of a planned layout that has remained substantially intact (for example, a terrace, square, crescent, estate, etc.);
c)    having group value, substantiating local environmental ‘grain’ (amalgam of scale, density, verticality, materials, colours, textures, etc., that is probably peculiar to the area and may include informal groups of varied and often very modest buildings;
d)    a building that ‘arrests the eye’ – usually a testament to the individuality of its designer.

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Page updated: 28 Feb 2007