HC Deb 11 April 1983 vol 40 cc326-7W
Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many previously listed buildings have been removed from the statutory lists of buildings of special architectural and historic interest over the past 12 months; and what criteria is used in respect of such decisions.

Mr. Macfarlane

There were 49 deletions from the statutory lists in the period 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1983.

Buildings are removed from the statutory list because:

  1. (a) they have lost their qualifying features through e.g. are, alteration or irreparable dereliction, or
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  2. (b) their architectural or historic merits prove to have been misjudged, or
  3. (c) they have been listed in error.