Old Royal Naval College
Parts of Greenwich and many of its buildings and structures have strong legal protection due to their special architectural and historical interest.
Listed buildings
Consent has to be obtained for any alterations and demolitions. It is a criminal offence to carry out work which needs consent without obtaining it first.
More about statutory listed buildings
Locally listed buildings
To help preserve the historical architecture of some buildings in the borough, the Council also has a local list of buildings.
More about the local list of buildings
Conservation areas
Building works and alterations in conservation areas are subject to extra planning controls. This ensures that new development proposals preserve the character of areas designated for their special architecture.
More about conservation areas
Our World Heritage Site
The Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site – only one of three in London – has a similar status to a conservation Area though it's larger and has been designated to protect a particularly historic and internationally renowned area.
Alterations to properties within the World Heritage Site are treated like applications in Conservation Areas.
Our development plan
Every application to build something new or change the use of land within the Greenwich borough is considered against policies set out in the Unitary Development Plan.