General view of five round barrows at Ashen Hill, Priddy, Wells, Somerset. — General view of Ashen Hill Barrows, Priddy, Wells, Somerset. Scheduled Monument. © Historic England Archive. DP158754. View the List entry

General view of Ashen Hill Barrows, Priddy, Wells, Somerset. Scheduled Monument. © Historic England Archive. DP158754. View the List entry

Minor Amendments to the List

With over 400,000 entries on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE), many of which are over 20 years old, we realise that there may be a number of minor errors. Here you can find out how to report minor amendments and how we deal with them.

What counts as a Minor Amendment?

We have a fast-track correction process for small errors in the List entries. We refer to these straightforward changes as Minor Amendments.

We can deal with four types of amendment:

Corrections to names and addresses
Small corrections to the List description
Corrections to the List Entry if it differs from the original listing text
Corrections to the mapping.

In all cases, we can easily amend typing errors.

Please note we cannot make Minor Amendments to Scheduled Monument entries. To request an amendment to those, please complete our online application form.

View of Commonwealth Institute, Kensington Hight Street, London.

Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London. Built between 1960 and 1962. Grade II* listed. © Historic England Archive. DP059807. | View the List entry

Procedure for dealing with Minor Amendments

Please send any requests for changes to [email protected] and include:

The List Entry number
Any relevant information supporting your request, such as photographs or copies of documents.

We will notify you and any interested parties when we make amendments. Changes are made directly to the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) and appear online within 24 hours.

As list entries are legal documents, we keep a record of all requests that lead to an amendment. We keep your contact details for 1 year only.

Examples of common Minor Amendments

Updating or correcting the spelling of a building name
Correcting building numbers
Updating street or road names
Corrections to the List Entry description, such as spelling and grammatical errors or factual inaccuracies (for example, construction material)

Amendments that are not treated as minor

Changes to Grade or status of a List Entry
Amendments to the location where an asset has been moved or where there is ambiguity as to the asset’s location
Amendments that relate to structures within the curtilage of the principal listed building.

Changes which cannot be treated as a Minor Amendment may require a formal amendment, and you may need to complete our online application form.

We can then conduct fuller re-assessments where they meet one of our current priorities, or you can apply for a Listing Enhancement through our charged-for Enhanced Advisory Services.