PART VADDITIONAL PLANNING CONTROL

Buildings of special architectural or historic interest

Provisions supplementary to Article 4445

1

In considering whether to grant planning permission for development which affects a listed building or its setting, and in considering whether to grant listed building consent for any works, the Department shall have special regard to the desirability of preserving the building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses.

2

Listed building consent may be refused, or granted either unconditionally or subject to conditions.

3

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), the conditions subject to which listed building consent may be granted include conditions with respect to—

a

the preservation of particular features of the building either as part of it or after severance therefrom;

b

the making good, after the works are completed, of any damage caused to the building by the works; and

c

the reconstruction of the building or any part of it following the execution of any works, with the use of original materials so far as practicable and with such alterations of the interior of the building as may be specified in the conditions.

4

Listed building consent may be granted subject to a condition reserving specified details of the works (whether or not set out in the application) for subsequent approval by the Department.

5

Listed building consent for the demolition of a listed building may be granted subject to a condition that the building shall not be demolished before a contract for the carrying out of works of redevelopment of the site has been made, and planning permission has been granted for the redevelopment for which the contract provides.

6

Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to applications for listed building consent and appeals against decisions on such applications.