It is an offence to carry out unauthorised works to a listed building. Our planning enforcement team can take action to prosecute the owner and any other individuals responsible for the works.
Listed buildings at risk register
We maintain a Listed Buildings at Risk Register [PDF, 2MB] for Greater Cambridge. This includes buildings which are known to be 'at risk' through neglect and decay, or which are vulnerable to becoming so. We also maintain a register of listed buildings vulnerable to being identified as 'at risk' and which are resurveyed on an annual basis.
The register can be viewed by the public and building owners. The register is a way for us to contact the buildings’ owners and begin talks with them to help secure necessary maintenance and urgent repairs to the buildings to help secure their survival.
The main purpose is to work with owners to ensure that the buildings are made weathertight and structurally sound and so are no longer considered to be ‘at risk’. The buildings are then removed from our Listed Buildings at Risk Register.
Reporting a listed building as potentially at risk
If you think that a listed building within Greater Cambridge is at risk and it does not appear on our Listed Buildings at Risk Register, please first check that the building is designated as listed. You can do this by checking the map below or by searching the national list on the Historic England website.
Once it has been found that the building is listed, please report the listed building as potentially being at risk by using our online Listed Buildings at Risk Register nomination form.