For solicitors and licensed conveyancers

Listed Property Risk for Conveyancers

Pilot version. Version 1.0 – pilot – October 2026. We are testing this course with a small group before wider release. The content has not yet had independent conveyancing or legal review.

A listed property doesn’t change your job. It changes the questions you need to ask.

You follow the purchase of 18 Market Square, a Grade II listed town house with a rear extension, replacement windows and an opening made between the kitchen and dining room. From the first instruction to the final file review, you decide what to ask, what the answers actually tell you, what to say to the buyer and when to bring in specialist heritage advice.

England only · about 57 minutes · 6 chapters · a Listed Property File Note you build as you go

What you will be able to do

• - Check the official listing, and know what the list description does and doesn’t tell you.
• - Tell planning permission, listed building consent and building regulations sign-off apart, and know which one answers which question.
• - Spot when the approvals and the property don’t seem to match, and know who should check.
• - Explain to a buyer why “it’s been there for years”, “the seller says it’s fine” or a FENSA certificate doesn’t settle a listed building question.
• - Keep a clear file note of what you asked, what you advised and when you referred for specialist advice.

Recognise the issue. Understand the risk. Know the limit of your role. Refer confidently when specialist heritage input is required.

How the course works

You follow one case - the purchase of 18 Market Square, a Grade II listed early nineteenth-century town house - from instruction to the final file review. Every page follows the same five steps:

1. 1

   Read the project moment

   Where the purchase of 18 Market Square has got to.

2. 2

   Read your task and check the Project Material

   The documents beside the question - the buyer’s instructions, the TA6, the listing entry, the planning portal extract and other evidence.

3. 3

   Answer the question

   Choose the answer you think is strongest. Any answer is fine - each one gets its own feedback explaining the reasoning, followed by example wording for the client.

4. 4

   Read the further analysis

   A worked File Note entry and, on some pages, how things would differ in a different situation.

5. 5

   Add to your Listed Property File Note

   Each page adds a short entry to your File Note, whichever answer you chose, so by the end you have a worked example of the whole file to take away. It is a note for the transaction file, not a heritage report or a sign-off.

Completed chapters are remembered in this browser, so you can stop between chapters. This course is designed for desktop and laptop screens. On a tablet, use landscape orientation. It works on all devices, but it is not designed for use on a phone.

The six chapters