Maidstone has over 2,000 listed buildings. Following advice from Historic England, the government gives each building one of three grades when it is listed.

• Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest, sometimes considered internationally important
• Grade II* buildings are particularly important buildings of more than special interest
• Grade II buildings are nationally important and of special interest

You can search for all the listed buildings in England on the Historic England website. The descriptions of the buildings in their list will identify the building, but may not give the full details of why it's of special interest.

When works require planning permission or consent

When a building is listed, it is given special protection, and it is considered a criminal offence if works are undertaken without consent where required. Information and guidance about consent can be found on the Historic England website.

Structures near to listed buildings are sometimes classed as curtilage listed. The curtilage of a building (the principal building) is in general terms, any area of land and other buildings that are around and associated with that principal building. This gives them the same protection as the main building. We can give further advice about and confirm if individual buildings are listed in this way.

Works

If you're planning to do work to a listed or curtilage listed building, we would recommend you apply for pre-application advice with a conservation officer first.

If you think there's work being done to a listed building without consent, please report it to our Planning Enforcement team using our online form.

If you are unsure whether your works require listed building consent, please email conservationofficer@maidstone.gov.uk and we will aim to reply within 5 working days.

Locally listed buildings  - non-designated heritage assets (NDHA)

Maidstone also has locally listed buildings. These are buildings and structures of local interest, classed as NDHA.

These buildings do not have the same protection as those listed on the Historic England website, but are considered when making decisions on any planning applications we get.

Details of all the locally listed buildings can be found on our locally listed buildings in Maidstone page.

Nominate NDHA

We have produced guidance as to how we assess if a building is classed as a local heritage asset. We have also published our assessment form.