{"id":35442,"date":"2023-01-27T17:23:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35442"},"modified":"2023-01-27T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T17:23:13","slug":"he-survey-of-listed-building-owners-and-occupiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35442","title":{"rendered":"HE Survey of Listed Building Owners and Occupiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-35443\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Glos_cathedral_precint_living_accommodation_summer_2022_JMTheobald-300x191.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/>This series of surveys of Listed Buildings Owners and Occupiers aims to build Historic England&#8217;s and the heritage sector\u2019s understanding of the challenges and opportunities of owning and occupying a listed building amongst large groups of heritage custodians.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration only &#8211; Joanna Theobald<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026(81%) support Listed Building Consent, but satisfaction with the process has declined (down to 35% from 51% in 2017\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Historic England writes:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2\">2022 Survey of Listed Building Owners and Occupiers<\/h2>\n<p>In 2022 Historic England commissioned BMG Research to conduct a survey of residents of listed buildings and conservation areas.<\/p>\n<p>1,678 listed building owners\/occupiers shared their views on a range of topics, including repair and maintenance, retrofit and planning regulations. A comparison survey of 133 residents in conservation areas was also conducted.<\/p>\n<p>The survey used a random sample of residential addresses selected from a list provided by Historic England. Respondents received an invitation letter with a link to the online survey and a freephone number for those who preferred to complete the survey over the telephone.<\/p>\n<p>The survey ran from 11 February \u2013 16 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Summary of key findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Living in a listed building can foster feelings of pride and local identity. 89%?of residents said they feel proud of their home and agreed it is?important to the character of their local area.<\/li>\n<li>The majority (86%) look after their homes by keeping on top of necessary repair and maintenance works.<\/li>\n<li>Builders and craftspeople are a key source of information on repair and maintenance of historic homes. They would be the first port of call for just over a third (34%) of residents.<\/li>\n<li>Whilst most look after their homes, many do encounter challenges, with just over half (57%) agreeing?that it is?difficult to afford the maintenance of their home.<\/li>\n<li>90% of listed building residents said they were concerned about climate change, including 57% who were very concerned.<\/li>\n<li>Keeping warm in the winter is difficult for just under a quarter (23%) of residents, more so for renters and in more deprived areas. Nearly a third (32%) said that they had a very or fairly big problem with damp, condensation or mould.<\/li>\n<li>Many listed homes already have what can be seen as simpler and lower-cost efficiency measures. More complex and higher cost measures such as solar panels and wall and floor insulation have the lowest uptake. There are still many relatively simple and cost-effective measures that could be adopted, such as draft proofing and shutters\/thermal curtains, whom only 38% and 41% report having used.<\/li>\n<li>Finances were identified as most important barriers to retrofit, including the upfront costs (45%) and a perceived lack of funds such as grants (47%).<\/li>\n<li>31% and 33% of listed building residents respectively said that not knowing enough about retrofit and its complexity would put them off.<\/li>\n<li>51% agreed that it would be difficult\/ very difficult to find the right professionals (architects\/ engineers) to advise on retrofit, compared to 39% of conservation area residents.<\/li>\n<li>An overwhelming majority of residents (81%) support Listed Building Consent, but satisfaction with the process has declined (down to 35% from 51% in 2017).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/research\/current\/social-and-economic-research\/listed-building-owners-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more (incl. earlier surveys)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This series of surveys of Listed Buildings Owners and Occupiers aims to build Historic England&#8217;s and the heritage sector\u2019s understanding of the challenges and opportunities of owning and occupying a listed building amongst large groups of heritage custodians. image: for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35442\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35444,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35442\/revisions\/35444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}