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Listed Buildings

Volume 445: debated on Monday 28 November 1983

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asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will tabulate for each of the 10 years preceding the latest convenient date the number of buildings statutorily listed as being of architectural or historic interest in England and Wales; the number of these which have been demolished with the consent of the local authority; the number of these which have been demolished with the consent

LISTED BUILDINGS AND LISTED BUILDING CONSENTS FOR TOTAL DEMOLITION
ENGLAND
No. of buildings for which consent for total demolition given
No. of listed buildings at 31 Marchby local planning authorityby Secretary of State after call-inby Secretary of Stale—local Authority applicationsby Secretary of State on appeal
12345
1974190,8541751925584
197519219,38817319649717
197619233,629187195615123
197719250,05211919161259
197819257,99314319301444
197919265,2192691929677
198019272,96413519171133
198119279,712841926335
198219286,795941917446
WALES
No. of buildings for which consent for total demolition given
No. of listed buildings at 31 Marchby local planning authorityby Secretary of State after call inby Secretary of State—local authority applicationsBy Secretary of State on appeal
12345
19745,5143010
19756,2781000
19767,1446076*0
19777,6053041
19788,19414010
19798,4437000
19808,5341040
19819,0851120
19829,9524140
*One consent given for a row of terraced houses listed individually.
NOTES:
1. All private applications for the demolition of listed buildings which a local planning authority wish to grant are referred to the appropriate Secretary of State to enable him to decide whether or not he should call in the application for his own decision. The figures in column 2 of the above tables show the cases left to the local planning authority to decide, while column 3 refers to those applications which were called in and for which consent to demolish was subsequently given.
2.All applications made by local planning authorities are made direct to the Secretary of State and decided by him.

of the Secretary of State after appeal against a refusal by the local authority; and the number which have been illegally demolished.

The table below shows consents given for total demolition of listed buildings in each of the nine calendar years for which figures are available. Previously total demolitions were not separately recorded. Statistics are not available for illegal demolitions.