Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

88 Rights of entry. E+W

(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying any building on it [F1 or any other land] in connection with a proposal to include the building in, or exclude it from, a list compiled or approved under section 1.

(2) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State, a local planning authority or, where the authorisation relates to a building situated in Greater London, the Commission may at any reasonable time enter any land for any of the following purposes—

(a) surveying it [F2 or any other land] in connection with any proposal by the authority or the Secretary of State to make, issue or serve any order or notice under any of the provisions of sections 1 to 26, 38, 40, 46, 54, 55, 60, 68, 75 or 76 or under any order or regulations made under any of them, or any notice under section 48;

(b) ascertaining whether any such order or notice has been complied with [F3 in relation to the land or any other land];

(c) ascertaining whether an offence has been, or is being, committed with respect to any building on the land [F4 or any other land], under section 9, 11 [F5 , 26J] or 43;

(d) ascertaining whether any [F6 building on the land or any other land] is being maintained in a proper state of repair.

(3) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State, a local authority or, where the authorisation relates to a building situated in Greater London, the Commission may at any reasonable time enter any land for any of the following purposes—

(a) ascertaining whether an offence has been or is being committed under section 59 [F7 in relation to the land or any other land];

(b) ascertaining whether any of the functions conferred by section 54 should or may be exercised in connection with the land [F8 or any other land]; or

(c) exercising any of those functions in conn ection with the land [F8 or any other land].

[F9 (3ZA) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State, a local planning authority F10 ... or, where the authorisation relates to a building situated in Greater London, the Commission may at any reasonable time enter any land for any of the following purposes—

(a) securing the display of a temporary stop notice issued under section 44AA;

(b) ascertaining whether a temporary stop notice issued under that section is being complied with;

(c) considering any claim for compensation under section 44AC.]

F11 (3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) Any person who is an officer of the Valuation Office or is duly authorised in writing by a local planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it, or estimating its value, in connection with a claim for compensation payable by the authority under section F12 . . . 28 [F13 or 44AC] in respect of any land.

F14 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Subject to [F15 section 88B(8)], any power conferred by this section to survey land shall be construed as including power to search and bore for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the subsoil F16 . . ..

F17 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 88(1) inserted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(1)(a); S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F2 Words in s. 88(2)(a) inserted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(1)(b): S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F3 Words in s. 88(2)(b) inserted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compenstion Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(1)(c); S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F4 Words in s. 88(2)(c) inserted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(1)(d); S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F5 Word in s. 88(2)(c) inserted (6.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 17 para. 16; S.I. 2014/416, art. 3(e)

F6 Words in s. 88(2(d) substituted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(1)(e); S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F7 Words in s. 88(3)(a) inserted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(1)(f); S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F8 Words in s. 88(3)(b) and (c) inserted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(1)(g); S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F9 S. 88(3ZA) inserted (25.4.2024) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 103(10)(a), 255(3)(b) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/452, reg. 3(a)

F10 Words in s. 88(3ZA) omitted (W.) (4.11.2024) by virtue of 2023 asc 3, Sch. 13 para. 148(za) (as inserted by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1061), regs. 1(2), 14(a); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(d))

F11 S. 88(3A) omitted (4.11.2024) by virtue of Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), s. 212(2), Sch. 13 para. 148(a) (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(d)

F12 S. 88(4): "27" repealed (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), ss. 31(4), 84(6) and 84(4), Schs. 6 para. 46, 19 Pt. II; S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3

F13 Words in s. 88(4) substituted (4.11.2024) by 2023 asc 3, Sch. 13 para. 148(b) (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3) (as substituted by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1061), regs. 1(2), 14(b); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(d))

F14 S. 88(5) omitted (13.7.2016) by virtue of Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 14 para. 20; S.I. 2016/733, reg. 3(h) (with reg. 6)

F15 Words in s. 88(6) substituted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. II para.25; S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

F16 Words in s. 88(6) repealed (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), ss. 25, 84(6) Schs. 3 Pt. II para. 25, 19 Pt.I; S.I. 1991/2905, art.3 Sch. 2

F17 For s. 88(7) there is substituted (2.1.1992) ss. 88A and 88B by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 9(2); S.I. 1991/2905, art.3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Chs. I, II (ss. 1-26) and IV (ss. 38-44) of Pt. I, ss. 54-56, 59-61, 66, 68-72, 74-76 and 88: power to apply conferred (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 171(4)(b); S.I. 1993/2762, art.3.

S. 88 extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 70, 125(2), Sch. 9 para. 13(5) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

C2 S. 88 applied in part (Isles of Scilly) (with modifications) (2.10.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2148), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 1(2))

C3 S. 88 applied (1.1.2022) by The Listed Buildings (Heritage Partnership Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1177), reg. 1, Sch.

C4 S. 88(5) amended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 70, 125(2), Sch. 9 para. 13(1) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)