01Kingston upon Thames, London
Listed building consent drawings in Kingston upon Thames
Start with the council's heritage map: it shows whether your Kingston upon Thames house is listed, and at which grade. If it is, we draw the existing fabric and the proposal side by side, so the council can see what stays, what changes and why.
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02The brief
Check the heritage map before you plan anything
Kingston upon Thames sends owners to its interactive heritage map, which links through to Historic England's list. The council's summary of the position is short: LBC required; criminal offence without it. Consent is needed for internal or external works that affect the special interest of the building, so a removed chimney breast matters as much as a new window.
National policy sets the standard our drawings answer to. A proposal needs an assessment of significance in proportion to the asset, and the council gives substantial weight to conserving a designated asset when it decides. The national wording and the council's rules sit in the table beside this text.
03The record
Local figures for Kingston upon Thames
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consent needed for internal or external works affecting special architectural or historic interest; unauthorised works are a criminal offence | LBC required; criminal offence without it | No period | kingston.gov.uk, Listed and locally listed buildings, council web page (undated), web page |
| Listing status checked via the council interactive heritage map linking to Historic England | check heritage map | No period | kingston.gov.uk, Listed and locally listed buildings, council web page (undated), web page |
| NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE5(1) | Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance | No period | gov.uk |
| NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE6(1) | Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets | No period | gov.uk |
| 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 | 163 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary) | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Grade I listed entries | 3 list entries | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Conservation areas | 28 named conservation areas published by the council | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Article 4 directions | 3 Article 4 directions published by the council | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Listed building consent decisions (PS2) | 17 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) | 70.6 % 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.
- Richmond upon Thames
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Merton
- Mole Valley
- Sutton
- Wandsworth
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 Kingston upon Thames: consents decided
- 17 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
- D Kingston upon Thames: consents granted
- 70.6 % 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
The borough's listed stock, grade by grade
Historic England records 163 list entries here: 3 at Grade I, 13 at Grade II* and 145 at Grade II. 9 entries are on the Heritage at Risk Register, and the borough also holds 6 scheduled monuments.
Listing is only one layer. The council publishes 28 conservation areas and 3 Article 4 directions, so a listed house may also sit inside a designated area. On Kingston Hill the conservation area takes in large houses from the early Victorian period to the early twentieth century; architectural drawings on Kingston Hill covers that setting.
A small sample of recent decisions
In the latest published year the council decided 17 applications to alter or extend a listed building and granted 70.6% of them. With so few cases one decision moves the percentage a long way, so treat it as history, not as a forecast for your house.
Kingston asks nothing for the consent application, though a planning application filed alongside it has its own fee. The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act sets the penalties for unauthorised work. Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment. Because we check your address against the heritage map before drawing, the sheets are built to be approved; should an officer still want changes, we revise them at no extra charge until approval.
Roofs, basements and garden buildings
Consent covers the listed fabric; planning permission is a separate question. For a loft, read mansard roof drawings in Kingston upon Thames, where the council's guidance leans towards dormers. Below ground, basement conversion drawings in Kingston upon Thames sets out the light-well and flood tests.
One national rule catches garden rooms and sheds: Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted development. The full route for a listed house is set out in the listed building consent drawings hub.
06The papers
What the drawings rest on
Flat conversions & change of use
07Correspondence
Questions
How do I find out whether my Kingston upon Thames house is listed?
Use the council's interactive heritage map, which links to Historic England's list. Send us the address and we check listing, conservation area and Article 4 status together in the free constraints check.
Is a conservation area the same as being listed?
No. Listing protects one building, inside and out. A conservation area protects the character of an area, and Kingston upon Thames publishes 28 of them. A house can be in one, listed, or both.
Who writes the statement of significance?
Where a full assessment is needed, a heritage consultant writes it and we coordinate that work. Our part is the measured survey and the plans, sections and elevations the statement refers to.
What does the drawing work cost?
Our fee is a fixed quote after a free constraints check, because it depends on the rooms and elevations the work touches. Kingston does not charge for the consent application.
70.6%
granted
Listed building consents granted (PS2), Kingston upon Thames, 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 Kingston upon Thames
09Sources
Sources and dates
- kingston.gov.uk, retrieved
- 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
- assets.publishing.service.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- legislation.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.