Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)

92 Power to serve listed building enforcement notice. S

(1) Where it appears to the. . . F1 planning authority that any works have been, or are being, executed to a listed building in their district and are such as to involve a contravention of section 53(1) or (4) of this Act, then,. . . F2 , they may, if they consider it expedient to do so having regard to the effect of the works on the character of the building as one of special architectural or historic interest, serve a notice—

(a) specifying the alleged contravention; and

[F3 (b) specifying one of the following sets of steps—

(i) the steps required to restore the building to its former state;

(ii) the steps required to bring the building to the state it would have been in if the terms and conditions of any listed building consent for the works had been complied with;

(iii) subject to subsection (1A) below, the steps required to alleviate, in a manner acceptable to the planning authority, the effects of works executed without listed building consent; and

(c) specifying the period within which steps specified under paragraph (b) above are to be taken.]

[F4 (1A) A planning authority may specify steps under sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above, if, but only if, it appears to them either—

(a) that complete restoration of the building to its former state is not reasonably practicable; or

(b) that such restoration is undesirable, having regard to the desirability of preserving—

(i) the character of the building; or

(ii) its features of architectural or historical interest.]

(2) a notice under this section is in this Act referred to as a “listed building enforcement notice”.

[F5 (2A) Where such steps as are mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(iii) above have been taken in relation to works carried out on a building, listed building consent shall be deemed to have been granted in respect of those works as alleviated.]

(3) a listed building enforcement notice shall be served on the owner, on the lessee and on the occupier of the building to which it relates and on any other person having an interest in the building, being an interest which in the opinion of the authority is materially affected by the notice.

[F6 (3A) Service under subsection (3) above shall be effected by the service of a copy of the notice; and references in this Act to service of listed building enforcement notices shall be so construed.]

[F7 (4) Subject to section 93 of this Act, a listed building enforcement notice shall take effect on such date as may be specified in the notice, being a date not less than 28 days after the latest service thereof under subsection (3) above.]

(5) The. . . F1 planning authority may withdraw a listed building enforcement notice (without prejudice to their power to serve another) at any time before it takes effect; and if they do so, they shall forthwith give notice of the withdrawal to every person who was served with the notice.

(6) Every. . . F1 planning authority shall keep available for public inspection free of charge at reasonable hours and at a convenient place a list containing particulars of any building in their district in respect of which a listed building enforcement notice has been served.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)

F2 Words repealed by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), Sch. 4 Pt. I

F3 S. 92(1)(b)(c) substituted for s. 92(1)(b) by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c, 43), s. 69(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(a)

F4 S. 92(1A) inserted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), s. 69(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(b)

F5 S. 92(2A) inserted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43),s. 69(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(c)

F6 S. 92(3A) inserted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), s. 69(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(d)

F7 S. 92(4) substituted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), s. 69(2), Sch. 2 para. 26(e)