Question follow-through · 75294
Listed Buildings: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average waiting time is for a decision on a listed building application made to Historic England in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average waiting time is for a decision on a listed building application made to Historic England in the last 12 months.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
Based on a sample of 400 cases, the average time between Historic England receiving an application for listing and the notification of a decision to interested parties was between 36 and 37 weeks between April 2024 and April 2025, which is the latest peri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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