The buildings added, taken off and at risk on local heritage list

COUNCILLORS have backed new measures to protect historic buildings and sites in Hull and approved adding more to the city’s heritage catalogue.

Hull City Council’s Planning Committee approved several additions to the Local Heritage List along with a consultation on changing rules around developing historic buildings.

Committee Chair Cllr Charles Quinn said the first heritage site audit since the mid-2000s was a brilliant piece of work and new protections would be a great step forward.

It comes after the committee first agreed to review the Local List, renaming it the Local Heritage List, with council officers then carrying out a survey. The survey resulted in a list with 217 entries which details each site’s significance, its condition and whether to keep it on the list or remove it.

A report to the committee which discussed the list on Tuesday also warned five buildings on the list were at risk due to vacancy and vandalism.

They were the former Sculcoates St Mary’s National School in Bankside and The Pentecostal Glad Tidings Hall, The Station pub and The Rose Hotel, all in Beverley Road. The Lord Line Building, in St Andrew’s Dock, is also deemed at risk, though councillors heard the building’s overall condition was fair and could be salvaged.

Princes Avenue’s row of shops with Dutch-style gables, Nos. 7-43, are also eroding due to shop front alterations and fitting outside shutters, the report warned, recommending a review.

Councillors agreed to consult on restricting changes to buildings on the list in conservation areas through permitted development. They also backed looking at extending some conservation areas to protect buildings on the list which are currently outside of them.