THERE ARE 374,081 LISTED BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND WITH A FURTHER 47,700 IN SCOTLAND AND20,592 IN WALES.

HOME TO WELL OVER ONE MILLION VOTERS.

AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP.

*Data from English Heritage, Historic Scotland, Cadw

THE FOLLOWING IS THE NUMBER OF LISTED BUILDINGS IN EACH CONSTITUENCY:

Please note that for simplicity we have used data for English Listed Buildings only *Data from English Heritage

Constituency

No of LB

Constituency

No of LB

Constituency

No of LB

Constituency

No of LB

Constituency

No of LB

Constituency

No of LB

Aldershot Boro 121 Blyth Valley 127 Carlisle 677 Devizes 3537 Gedling 49 Houghton and Sunderland South 81

Aldridge-Brownhills 23 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 316 Carshalton and Wallington 128 Dewsbury 392 Gillingham and Rainham 67 Hove 207Altrincham and Sale West Boro 201 Bolsover 314 Castle Point 41 Don Valley 343 Gloucester 485 Huddersfield 1001Amber Valley 251 Bolton North East 167 Central Devon 4756 Doncaster Central 125 Gosport 217 Huntingdon 1400Arundel and South Downs 2784 Bolton South East 102 Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 2701 Doncaster North 384 Grantham and Stamford 1735 Hyndburn 135Ashfield 103 Bolton West 107 Charnwood 495 Dover 1083 Gravesham 315 Ilford North 33Ashford 2215 Bootle 113 Chatham and Aylesford 158 Dudley North 118 Great Grimsby 125 Ilford South 30Ashton-under-Lyne 101 Boston and Skegness 699 Cheadle 55 Dudley South 55 Great Yarmouth 429 Ipswich 453Aylesbury 698 Bosworth 347 Chelmsford 244 Dulwich and West Norwood 253 Greenwich and Woolwich 445 Isle of Wight 2060Banbury 1976 Bournemouth East 104 Chelsea and Fulham 490 Ealing Central and Acton 229 Guildford 876 Islington North 127Barking 20 Bournemouth West 135 Cheltenham 1053 Ealing North 39 Hackney North 206 Islington South and Finsbury 920Barnsley Central 135 Bracknell 122 Chesham and Amersham 1005 Ealing, Southall 46 Hackney South 346 Jarrow 93Barnsley East 136 Bradford East 260 Chesterfield 226 Easington 95 Halesowen and Rowley Regis 54 Keighley 729Barrow and Furness 573 Bradford South 357 Chichester 2644 East Devon 1781 Halifax 467 Kenilworth and Southam 1671Basildon and Billericay 92 Bradford West 598 Chingford and Woodford Green 58 East Ham 42 Haltemprice and Howden 429 Kensington 946Basingstoke 237 Braintree 2396 Chippenham 1895 East Hampshire 2847 Halton 95 Kettering 545Bassetlaw 892 Brent Central 42 Chipping Barnet 167 East Surrey 668 Hammersmith 181 Kingston and Surbiton 118Bath 2335 Brent North 24 Chorley 338 East Worthing and Shoreham 158 Hampstead and Kilburn 635 Kingston upon Hull East 71Batley and Spen 211 Brentford and Isleworth 443 Christchurch 356 East Yorkshire 1024 Harborough 507 Kingston upon Hull North 86Battersea 131 Brentwood and Ongar 1260 Cities of London and Westminster 3895 Eastbourne 213 Harlow 393 Kingston upon Hull West 331Beaconsfield 1016 Bridgwater and West Somerset 2193 City of Chester 1062 Eastleigh 190 Harrogate and Knaresborough 652 Kingswood 228Beckenham Boro 81 Brigg and Goole 659 City of Durham 666 Eddisbury 1244 Harrow East 121 Knowsley 75Bedford 148 Brighton, Kemptown 429 Clacton 262 Edmonton 31 Harrow West 116 Lancaster and Fleetwood 815Bermondsey and Old Southwark 462 Brighton, Pavilion 635 Cleethorpes 419 Ellesmere Port and Neston 264 Hartlepool 162 Leeds Central 620Berwick-upon-Tweed 3574 Bristol East 137 Colchester 446 Elmet and Rothwell 575 Harwich and North Essex 1578 Leeds Central 77Bethnal Green and Bow 557 Bristol North West 310 Colne Valley 1445 Eltham 93 Hastings and Rye 1311 Leeds North East 189Beverley and Holderness 1106 Bristol South 107 Congleton 505 Enfield North 158 Havant 248 Leeds North West 460Bexhill and Battle 1874 Bristo West 1608 Copeland 947 Enfield, Southgate 118 Hayes and Harlington 114 Leeds West 185Bexleyheath and Crayford 45 Broadland 1549 Corby 1614 Epping Forest 421 Hazel Grove 205 Leicester East 41Birkenhead 280 Bromley and Chislehurst 130 Coventry North East 40 Epsom and Ewell 386 Hemel Hempstead 486 Leicester South 299Birmingham, Edgbaston 414 Bromsgrove 486 Coventry North West 91 Erewash 131 Hemsworth 251 Leicester West 74Birmingham, Erdington 27 Broxbourne 296 Coventry South 173 Erith and Thamesmead 17 Hendon 117 Leigh 79Birmingham, Hall Green 101 Broxtowe 130 Crawley 108 Esher and Walton 441 Henley 3109 Lewes 1701Birmingham, Hodge Hill 22 Buckingham 2699 Crewe and Nantwich 296 Exeter 781 Hereford and South Lewisham East 173Birmingham, Ladywood 569 Burnley 335 Croydon Central 71 Fareham 414 Herefordshire 2032 Lewisham West and Penge 87Birmingham, Northfield 46 Burton 649 Croydon North 36 Faversham and Mid Kent 1883 Hertford and Stortford 1536 Lewisham, Deptford 127Birmingham, Perry Barr 100 Bury North 149 Croydon South 54 Feltham and Heston 85 Hertsmere 327 Leyton and Wanstead 71Birmingham, Selly Oak 70 Bury South 92 Dagenham and Rainham 54 Filton and Bradley Stoke 203 Hexham 2592 Lichfield 865Birmingham, Yardley 43 Bury St. Edmunds 2685 Darlington 235 Finchley and Golders Green 368 Heywood and Middleton 92 Lincoln 478Bishop Auckland 1583 Calder Valley 1707 Dartford 225 Folkestone and Hythe 1205 High Peak 747 Liverpool, Riverside 866Blackburn 95 Camberwell and Peckham 348 Daventry 1897 Forest of Dean 1802 Hitchin and Harpenden 1219 Liverpool, Walton 143Blackley and Broughton 90 Camborne and Redruth 1258 Denton and Reddish 59 Fylde 207 Holborn and St. Pancras 1347 Liverpool, Wavertree 218Blackpool North and Cleveleys 26 Cambridge 823 Derby North 174 Gainsborough 1083 Hornchurch and Upminster 80 Liverpool, West Derby 99Blackpool South 24 Cannock Chase 76 Derby South 187 Garston and Halewood 243 Hornsey and Wood Green 186 Loughborough 355Blaydon 136 Canterbury 1721 Derbyshire Dales 2876 Gateshead 110 Horsham 929 Louth and Horncastle 1372

Constituency

Ludlow

No of LB

3278

ConstituencyNo

North East Cambridgeshire

of LB

754

ConstituencyNo

Putney

of LB

111

ConstituencyNo

Solihull

of LB

51

ConstituencyNo

Stourbridge

of LB

62

Constituency

Watford

No of LB

150Luton North 7 North East Derbyshire 444 Rayleigh and Wickford 155 Somerton and Frome 4155 Stratford-on-Avon 2525 Waveney 832Luton South 109 North East Hampshire 1498 Reading East 446 South Basildon and East Thurrock 205 Streatham 130 Wealden 1532Macclesfield 943 North East Hertfordshire 2386 Reading West 223 South Cambridgeshire 2070 Stretford and Urmston 43 Weaver Vale 353Maidenhead 727 North East Somerset 1492 Redcar 165 South Derbyshire 741 Stroud 2809 Wellingborough 489Maidstone and The Weald 1543 North Herefordshire 4150 Redditch 456 South Dorset 2190 Suffolk Coastal 2004 Wells 3636Makerfield 55 North Norfolk 1745 Reigate 404 South East Cambridgeshire 1662 Sunderland Central 265 Welwyn Hatfield 408Maldon 880 North Shropshire 1858 Ribble Valley 924 South East Cornwall 2490 Surrey Heath 205 Wentworth and Dearne 188Manchester Central 589 North Somerset 789 Richmond (Yorks) 3369 South Holland and The Deepings 684 Sutton and Cheam 54 West Bromwich East 60Manchester, Gorton 73 North Swindon 298 Richmond Park 548 South Leicestershire 497 Sutton Coldfield 133 West Bromwich West 75Manchester, Withington 94 North Thanet 647 Rochdale 256 South Norfolk 2548 Tamworth 362 West Dorset 4622Mansfield 251 North Tyneside 80 Rochester and Strood 627 South Northamptonshire 1797 Tatton 764 West Ham 80Meon Valley 1068 North Warwickshire 569 Rochford and Southend East 271 South Ribble 221 Taunton Deane 1676 West Lancashire 483Meriden 335 North West Cambridgeshire 1581 Romford 45 South Shields 116 Telford 332 West Suffolk 1581Mid Bedfordshire 1363 North West Durham 699 Romsey and Southampton North 1444 South Staffordshire 422 Tewkesbury 1489 West Worcestershire 2603Mid Derbyshire 442 North West Hampshire 1614 Rossendale and Darwen 378 South Suffolk 3331 The Cotswolds 5819 Westminster North 726Mid Dorset and North Poole 708 North West Leicestershire 666 Rother Valley 299 South Swindon 415 The Wrekin 754 Westmorland and Lonsdale 2377Mid Norfolk 1215 North West Norfolk 1088 Rotherham 98 South Thanet 1500 Thirsk and Malton 3421 Weston-Super-Mare 359Mid Sussex 723 North Wiltshire 3056 Rugby 361 South West Bedfordshire 397 Thornbury and Yate 1672 Wigan 224Mid Worcestershire 1583 Northampton North 56 Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner 235 South West Devon 1147 Thurrock 81 Wimbledon 168Middlesbrough 76 Northampton South 280 Runnymede and Weybridge 385 South West Hertfordshire 731 Tiverton and Honiton 2595 Winchester 1397Middlesbrough Norwich North 83 Rushcliffe 504 South West Norfolk 1369 Tonbridge and Malling 1704 Windsor 775South and East Cleveland 585 Norwich South 1040 Rutland and Melton 2725 South West Surrey 1431 Tooting 66 Wirral South 318Milton Keynes North 799 Nottingham East 183 Saffron Walden 4300 South West Wiltshire 2770 Torbay 587 Wirral West 73Milton Keynes South 349 Nottingham North 53 Salford and Eccles 131 Southampton, Itchen 248 Torridge and West Devon 3674 Witham 1619Mitcham and Morden 76 Nottingham South 594 Salisbury 2355 Southampton, Test 99 Totnes 2554 Witney 3352Mole Valley 1454 Nuneaton 126 Scarborough and Whitby 2336 Southend West 23 Tottenham 98 Woking 256Morecambe and Lunesdale 687 Old Bexley and Sidcup 64 Scunthorpe 145 Southport 283 Truro and Falmouth 2200 Wokingham 504Morley and Outwood 112 Oldham East and Saddleworth 463 Sedgefield 444 Spelthorne 204 Tunbridge Wells 1730 Wolverhampton North East 72New Forest East 627 Oldham West and Royton 68 Sefton Central 183 St. Albans 449 Twickenham 324 Wolverhampton South East 53New Forest West 1094 Orpington 175 Selby and Ainsty 1046 St. Austell and Newquay 1289 Tynemouth 152 Wolverhampton South West 261Newark 1624 Oxford East 1009 Sevenoaks 1151 St. Helens North 90 Uxbridge and South Ruislip 145 Worcester 731Newbury 1694 Oxford West and Abingdon 821 Sheffield Central 519 St. Helens South and Whiston 92 Vauxhall 646 Workington 782Newcastle upon Tyne Central 478 Pendle 330 Sheffield South East 98 St. Ives 3384 Wakefield 309 Worsley and Eccles South 75Newcastle upon Tyne East 257 Penistone and Stocksbridge 555 Sheffield, Brightside Stafford 570 Wallasey 63 Worthing West 264Newcastle upon Tyne North 87 Penrith and The Border 3113 and Hillsborough 91 Staffordshire Moorlands 1318 Walsall North 37 Wycombe 593Newcastle-under-Lyme 162 Peterborough 309 Sheffield, Hallam 266 Stalybridge and Hyde 198 Walsall South 99 Wyre and Preston North 334Newton Abbot 1208 Plymouth, Moor View 84 Sheffield, Heeley 106 Stevenage 324 Walthamstow 63 Wyre Forest 703Normanton, Pontefract Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 573 Sherwood 402 Stockport 121 Wansbeck 289 Wythenshawe and Sale East 51

and Castleford 190 Poole 197 Shipley 565 Stockton North 254 Wantage 2265 Yeovil 2365North Cornwall 3708 Poplar and Limehouse 356 Shrewsbury and Atcham 1981 Stockton South 226 Warley 57 York Central 1254North Devon 2817 Portsmouth North 69 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 636 Stoke-on-Trent Central 96 Warrington North 96 York Outer 368North Dorset 2701 Portsmouth South 406 Skipton and Ripon 3217 Stoke-on-Trent North 100 Warrington South 292North Durham 126 Preston 325 Sleaford and North Hykeham 1427 Stoke-on-Trent South 40 Warwick and Leamington 964North East Bedfordshire 1471 Pudsey 238 Slough 75 Stone 910 Washington and Sunderland West 33

*Data from English Heritage

BE AWARE OF THESE FIGURES.THESE ARE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LISTED BUILDINGS, AND ALTHOUGH THIS WILL INCLUDE NON–HABITABLE BUILDINGS AND CHURCHES, IT ALSO INCLUDES MULTIPLE LISTINGS COVERING SEVERAL PROPERTIES.A typical example of this would be Eaton Square, London, where there are just9 listings in total covering 116 buildings.These buildings are subdivided into 566 flats with, say, 2 occupants each.

A total of approximately 1,150 voters from 9 listings!!

*Data from English Heritage

THE PERCEPTION OF LISTED BUILDING OWNERS IS ONE OF AFFLUENCE, BUT OWNERS FORM A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN:

50% of owners in the lowest socio-economic groups C1, C2, D and E

And 80% of listed property owners are in socio-economic groups B–D

*The Heritage Alliance

*Typical examples of listed buildings

THE OBLIGATIONS OF OWNING A LISTED BUILDINGBeing listed means the building is included on a national register as a property of architectural or historical importance. It means that its style and character must be maintained and owners have a responsibility and duty to ensure its upkeep.

Contrary to popular belief the listing protects both inside and out, the area immediately surrounding and includes any extensions previously added.It may also include garden walls, courtyards etc.

The owner must maintain the house, at their own expense, to the standard and style dictated by the local council’s conservation officer.

THREE KEY CONCERNS OF OWNERSHIP

A lack of representation in Government

The removal of zero rated VAT on approved listed building alterations in the 2012 budget

Frustrating processes and inconsistent decisions when applying to make changes to listed properties

VAT – THE BACKGROUND

VAT ZERO RATING WAS NO ACCIDENT.

IT REFLECTED THE FACT THAT APPROVED LISTED BUILDING WORKS COULD ONLY TAKE PLACE ON COMPLETION OF AN APPROVAL PROCESS INTENDED TO SAFEGUARD THE HERITAGE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY CONCERNED.

VAT – THE 2012 BUDGET

THE DECISION TO IMPOSE 20% TAX ON ALL WORKS TOA LISTED BUILDING,THE GOVERNMENT ARGUED, WAS TO:

“CLOSE A LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWED MILLIONAIRES TO BUILD TAX FREE SWIMMING POOLS”.

(Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban 14th April 2012).

THIS DECISION WAS BASED ON A STUDY OF 105 APPLICATIONS FOR LBC (FOI request).

LPOC STUDIED 12,049 SUCH APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO THE 2012 BUDGET AND FOUND ONLY 34 REFERENCES TO SWIMMING POOLS OF WHICH LESS THAN HALF MAY HAVE QUALIFIED FOR VAT RELIEF.

VAT PLACING HERITAGE AT RISK

Since the introduction of VAT to approved alterations to listed buildings there has been a noticeable decline in the number and “type” of applications for permission to undertake work on their homes.This suggests that owners are ignoring the consent process and undertaking unauthorised work, thereby placing these buildings at risk.

The results are as follows:

NUMBER OF LBC APPLICATIONS RESEARCHED BY LPOC

14

,605

12

,837

10

,325

VAT PLACING HERITAGE AT RISK

WE HAVE COMPARED ALL LBC APPLICATIONS FROM 73 COUNCILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OVER THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 2011 TO DATE.

BATH GLOUCESTER OXFORD WAKEFIELD

BIRMINGHAM GREATER LONDON PETERBOROUGH WALSALLBLACKPOOL HALIFAX PLYMOUTH WARRINGTONBRIGHTON HARROGATE PORTSMOUTH WIGANBRISTOL HEMEL HEMPSTEAD PRESTON WOLVERHAMPTO

NCAMBRIDGE HEREFORD READING WORCESTERCANTERBURY HUDDERSFIELD REDHILL YORKCHELMSFORD HULL SALISBURYCHESTER IPSWICH SOUTHAMPTONCOLCHESTER LANCASTER SOUTHEND ON SEACOVENTRY LEEDS ST ALBANSCREWE LEICESTER STEVENAGECUMBRIA LINCOLN STOCKPORTDARLINGTON LIVERPOOL STOKE ON TRENTDARTFORD LUTON SUNDERLANDDERBY MANCHESTER SWINDONDONCASTER MEDWAY TAUNTONDORCHESTER MILTON KEYNES TEESIDEDUDLEY NORTHAMPTON TELFORDDURHAM NORWICH TONBRIDGEEXETER NOTTINGHAM TORQUAYGUILDFORD OLDHAM TRURO

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT APPLICATIONS

We took all applications for each year and divided them into 62 different headings from which it can be seen there is a particular decrease in applications where there could have been VAT savings. For example:

CONVERSIONS

Nu

mber

of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

on

s

Year of applications

0 2010/11 2011/12

2012/13 2013/14 2014 to date

100

300

600500

900

200

400

800

1000 9

94

54

3

37

4

23

5 23

9

ADD A PORCH

Nu

mber

of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

on

s

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014 to date

Year of applications

20

120

180

40

160140

16

7

12

8

11

0

10

1

6 3

Nu

mber

of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

on

s

INTERNAL ALTERATIONS

Year of applications

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

2013/14 2014 to date

2000

1500

3000

27

99

25

26

22

22

21

19

13

37

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014 to date

Year of applications

INSTALATION OF BOILER SYSTEMS

Nu

mber

of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

on

s

4

14

1 1

1 4

2

0 0

Nu

mber

of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

on

s

CHANGES TO WALLS

Year of applications

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

2013/14 2014 to date

20

100

120

140

60

180

17

1

15

6

9 5

11

1

6 4

4020

100

140

160

80

180

Nu

mber

of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

on

s

CONSTRUCT AN OUTBUILDING

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014 to date

Year of applications

17

1 17

2

11

9

5 6

4 7

REPLACE WINDOWS

Nu

mber

of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

on

s

Year of applications

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

2013/14 2014 to date

200

1000

400

800

1400

12

36 1

25

5

97

0 94

1

67

6

Nu

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of

LBC

ap

plic

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s

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014 to date

Year of applications

BUILD AN EXTENSION

0 2010/11

60

1000

2000

2500

24

52

20

06

17

20 1

78

4

11

42

MAKE AN EXTERNAL ALTERATION

Nu

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of

LBC

ap

plic

ati

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s

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014 to date

Year of applications

100

300

600500

900

200

400

800700

1000

94

1

83

1

20

1

12

8

5 4

ADD A ROOFLIGHT

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LBC

ap

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s

0 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014 to date

Year of applications

20

40

80

120

10

8 11

1

5 9

3 3

8

*LPOC receives notice of approximately 40% of all Listed Building Consent applications

VAT CHARGED ON RENOVATION WORKS IN HISTORIC HOMES ACROSS EUROPE:UK: 20%

Belgium: 6%

France: 7%

Germany: 19%

Greece: 18%

Ireland: 12.5%

Italy: 10%

Netherlands: 6%

Portugal: 6%

Spain: 8%

Switzerland: 7.5%

*European Historic Houses Activity Report 2012–2013

VAT –THE WAY FORWARD

The current VAT regime, where new building is incentivised over repair, maintenance and alteration of older properties creates a perverse tax on conservation and maintenance that subsidises demolition and rebuilding.

We call on all political parties to permanently reduce VAT to 5% on the repairs, maintenance and improvement of listings in private ownership as permitted under EU rules.

FRUSTRATING PROCESSES

Owners are consistently frustrated by inconsistent standards, lack of national guidance and local authorities who can no longer provide a professional conservation service due to fewer conservation officers.CASE STUDY: OAKHURST FARM.

Nigel and Fiona Gibbons bought Oakhurst Farm on the Surrey / Sussex border in 2006. It was a rundown 200 acre farm with dilapidated buildings everywhere.Double glazed windows would not be allowed in the main house, the Conservation Officer determined, as that is not what was originally there; even in this day and age of energy

conservation. More arguments followed – “perhaps at a stretch the old retained part but surely not the newly built section?” He wouldn’t budge.Ten thousand pounds later, seven brand new bespoke single glazed Georgian sash windows were delivered ... and then the Conservation Officer changed his mind.

Nigel commented: “They are things of beauty and are completely useless to us. We really had no choice but to start again so we now have double glazed windows throughout.”

FRUSTRATING PROCESSES

CASE STUDY:THATCH ROOF 4 INCHES TOO TALL.

FRUSTRATING PROCESSES. THE SOLUTION

Nationally set exemptions on minor works to listed buildings stipulating works that do not require listed building consent. Changes such as new bathroom and kitchen fittings and routine repairs such as repointing need to be clearly removed from the consent regime.

A more routine method of securing consent for minor works. It is no longer acceptable for owners to have to wait several months to get consent to make minor alterations to a window frame or to change their gutters.

Better, more detailed and clearer guidance on issues such as double glazing to remove what can often be a postcode lottery with decisions varying from area to area.The amount of helpful Government guidance has been slashed in recent years leavingowners in the dark or at the whim of the local planning committee.

WHAT LISTED BUILDING OWNERS NEED

A voice in Westminster via a dedicated All Party Political Group leading to:

Re-consideration of the loss of zero rated VAT on approved alterations. A reduction in VAT on approved listed building alterations, repairs and maintenance to 5%

More detailed and clearer guidance on issues such as double glazing to remove what can often be a postcode lottery with decisions varying from area to area

CONCLUSION

We hope you can see why it is so crucial for listed property owners to have a voice in Westminster and we hope you will sign a pledge card to support an APPG in their name.

Listed buildings provide accommodation for over 1 million Britons, yet the issue is on the fringes of the political debate. Considering the importance of listed buildings to people’s livelihood and the large cultural contribution they makethis must change.

The Listed Property Owners’ Club is Britain’s only advice service dedicated to helping members get the most from their homes by providing detailed advice, information and support for just about every conceivable issue associated with ownership.

The Listed Property Owners ClubLower Dane, Hartlip, Kent ME9 7TE T. 01795 844 939 F. 01795 844 862www.lpoc.co.uk