The Society has been concerned for some time about the loss of many fine buildings in the town which have been demolished for redevelopments, due to the fact that they have no legal protection by being listed as Grade l and Grade ll. An example of this type of building would be the Hillcroft Clinic at the end of New Street which was demolished to create the current development of apartments.

The inclusion of a building on a Local List does not guarantee that the building will be preserved but is an indication of the importance of the building to the community and signifies to everyone that any development involving these building needs careful scrutiny with the aim that they should be retained if at all possible.

In an attempt to save such buildings or groups of buildings, the Society has been in discussions with the Chief Planning Officer for the NFDC, Claire Upton-Brown, about the possibility of creating a “Local List” of important local buildings which have historical heritage value, but which are not covered under the current Grade l and Grade ll listing system.

Many other local authority areas, including the National Park locally, maintain what is known as a “Local List” and on their website the NFNPA list the sort of criteria which can be used to assess suitable buildings. NFNPA Local List criteria. English Heritage describes these lists as “Local Heritage Lists” and they provide an Advice Note to help groups and councils to set up such a list.

The Society has now come to an agreement with the NFDC for the creation of a “Local List” for Lymington and has asked us to start collecting suggestions for buildings or monuments o other features of the town that would warrant being regarded as what is called a “non-designated heritage asset” .

We are therefore asking that members nominate buildings or monuments or other features of the town. As members will be aware many buildings in Lymington are already listed so please don’t nominate buildings that are already listed. You can check the list of Listed Buildings here before nominating a building. Listed Buildings In Lymington and Pennington

Please nominate your building/monument by emailing details here. LymLocalList@gmail.com If you could include a brief description of your nomination and if you could send some photos that would be helpful.