The Royal Commission's (RCAHMW) Emergency Buildings Recording team is respo
nsible for the survey of historic buildings threatened with destruction, su
bstantial alteration, or by serious decay. It deals with all types of stand
ing structures, but a key aspect of the work is the recording, under the te
rms of the Town and Country Planning Acts, of listed buildings for which co
nsent to demolish, or alter substantially, has been granted.