01Brent, London
Listed building consent drawings for Brent's listed houses
In Brent, an application for a listed house is not read like an ordinary extension. The householder guidance steps aside, and the council's Principal Heritage Officer advises instead. So our chartered architectural technologists (MCIAT) draw for that reader: the existing fabric first, sheet by sheet, then the proposal laid over it.
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02The brief
Why the householder guidance steps aside
Brent's heritage policy sits in the Brent Local Plan 2019-2041, adopted in 2022. Its test is short: significance analysis and justification required. The applicant shows that the significance of the building is understood and justifies the impact of the change. That is the job of the existing-condition sheets in our set.
The council's Residential Extensions and Alterations Supplementary Planning Document does not apply to listed buildings. Those proposals go instead to the Principal Heritage Officer, whose role the council describes as heritage officer advice. We therefore draw a listed house to the officer's questions about fabric, not to the depth and height limits that govern an ordinary extension.
03The record
Local figures for Brent
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage proposals must show understanding of significance, justify impact, and sustain or enhance significance with subordinate design. | significance analysis and justification required | No period | brent.gov.uk, Brent Local Plan 2019-2041 (adopted February 2022), Policy BHC1 (a)-(d) |
| The householder SPD does not apply to listed buildings; the Principal Heritage Officer advises on heritage proposals. | heritage officer advice | No period | brent.gov.uk, Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (adopted January 2025), section 1.5, p.5 |
| Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 s9(1), s9(4) | Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment | No period | legislation.gov.uk |
| Concessions: application types with no current fee - Listed Building Consent | 0 GBP | No period | ribblevalley.gov.uk |
| Listed building entries | 93 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary) | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Grade I listed entries | 1 list entries | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Grade II* listed entries | 8 list entries | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Grade II listed entries | 83 list entries | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Heritage at Risk entries | 11 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England) | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Conservation areas | 23 named conservation areas published by the council | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Article 4 directions | 39 Article 4 directions published by the council | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Listed building consent decisions (PS2) | 3 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend) | 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| Listed building consents granted (PS2) | 100 % granted | 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.
04The drawing
The listed building consent route
How works to a listed building are consented, from the first survey to the decision.
- A What the council weighs
- Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance
- B The weight given to conservation
- Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets
- C Brent: consents decided
- 3 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
- D Brent: consents granted
- 100 % granted
- E Works without consent
- Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment
05The detail
Listed, in a conservation area, or both
Most of the borough's 93 list entries are Grade II, which accounts for 83 of them, with 8 at Grade II* and 1 at Grade I. Another 11 entries sit on the Heritage at Risk Register.
Around them the council publishes 23 conservation areas and 39 Article 4 directions, so one house can be listed and inside a conservation area at once. Only 43.3% of Brent households live in a house or bungalow, so we check early whether yours is a single dwelling or shared. Our listed building consent drawings hub explains the wider route.
Few decisions, and the one mistake to avoid
Over the four most recent quarterly returns the council decided 3 applications to alter or extend a listed building and granted 100% of them. That tells you nothing about your house, so we plan around the building and the policy test.
Applying for consent carries no council fee. The expensive error is starting early. Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment.
A new storey or a lower floor on a listed house
Consent covers the building's character. Planning permission covers the land and the roofline, so a new storey also raises the questions in mansard roof drawings in Brent, and a lower floor those in basement conversion drawings in Brent. We draw the sets from one survey so the two applications agree.
06The papers
What the drawings rest on
Architectural design
07Correspondence
Questions
Does the householder SPD apply to my listed house in Brent?
No. It excludes listed buildings, and the heritage officer advises on those instead. The first question for a listed address is therefore what that officer would need to see, and we draw to it.
Can a basement go under a listed house in Brent?
It needs listed building consent, because it alters the fabric and the structure, and planning permission as well. The council also publishes a Basement Supplementary Planning Document for basement schemes, which we check alongside the heritage test.
Who at the council reads a listed building application?
The Principal Heritage Officer advises on it. The council describes the role as heritage officer advice. We draw to the questions that officer is likely to ask about fabric, so the answers are on the sheets.
100%
granted
Listed building consents granted (PS2), Brent, 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026). Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
08Further reading
Related pages
Other services in Brent
Listed building consent drawings nearby
09Sources
Sources and dates
- brent.gov.uk, retrieved
- brent.gov.uk, retrieved
- legislation.gov.uk, retrieved
- ribblevalley.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- assets.publishing.service.gov.uk, retrieved
- brent.gov.uk, retrieved
- brent.gov.uk, retrieved
- nomisweb.co.uk, retrieved
- gov.uk, retrieved
Licences
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Send us the address of your house.
We look up the conservation area, listing and Article 4 position, then reply with a fixed fee. A message before 3pm is answered the same working day.