Alongside ‘designated’ heritage assets (such as listed buildings, conservation areas etc.), there are many sites that do not quite meet the criteria for formal designation, but which are of local historic interest. These historic features and places add to the quality and interest of the local scene and are often valued by local people.
The type of features which can be non-designated heritage assets is wide ranging, including buildings, structures, monuments, archaeological sites and landscapes. The Merseyside Historic Environment Record includes information about known non designated heritage assets. For further details about the these sites, or to suggest a site be included, please see Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service and the Heritage Gateway for links to the information and contact details. For the most up-to-date information please contact the Historic Environment Record Officer directly.
The effect of development on non-designated heritage assets is a material consideration in determining relevant planning applications. If you wish to seek informal advice prior to submitting a planning application that affects a non designated heritage asset, please submit a pre-application request. You should include details of the heritage asset and its significance, and describe how the works proposed might affect the asset in your submission.
Planning applications which affect non-designated heritage assets or their settings, whether or not they are included in a ‘Local List’, should be accompanied by a Heritage Statement.
Knowsley Council has begun to develop a Local List of buildings and structures of historic or architectural interest to help identify locally important non-designated heritage assets. The Merseyside Local List project was developed with government funding as part of a shared scheme with Wirral and Sefton Councils. Development of Knowsley’s individual Local List is currently paused. Nominations made as part of the initial project remain under consideration.