1[F1(1)An application for listed building consent shall be made in such form as the planning authority may require and shall contain—
(a)sufficient particulars to identify the building to which it relates, including a plan, and
(b)such other plans and drawings as are necessary to describe the works which are the subject of the application
and such other particulars as may be required by the planning authority.
(1A)Provision may be made by regulations under this Act with respect to the manner in which applications for listed building consent are to be made, the manner in which such applications are to be advertised and the time within which they are to be dealt with by planning authorities or, as the case may be, by the Secretary of State.]
(2)Any listed building consent shall (except in so far as it otherwise provides) enure for the benefit of the building and of all persons for the time being interested therein.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 para. 1(1)(1A) substituted for para. 1(1) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 Pt. II, para. 22
2(1)Regulations under this Act may provide that an application for listed building consent, or an appeal against the refusal of such an application, shall not be entertained unless it is accompanied by a certificate in the prescribed form and corresponding to one [F2prescribed under section 24] of this Act and any such regulations may—
(a)include requirements corresponding to sections [F224 and 26(3) and (3A)]of this Act; and
(b)make provision as to who, in the case of any building, is to be treated as the owner for the purposes of any provision of the regulations made by virtue of this sub-paragraph.
(2)If any person issues a certificate which purports to comply with the requirements of regulations made by virtue of this paragraph and which contains a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly issues a certificate which purports to comply with those requirements and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 3 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 10, para. 2(1) substituted (3.2.1995) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 61, Sch. 13 para. 42(a)(b) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1994/3292, art. 3
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), s. 54)
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4(1)The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications for listed building consent to be referred to him instead of being dealt with by the. . . F5 planning authority.
(2)A direction under this paragraph may relate either to a particular application, or to applications in respect of such buildings as may be specified in the direction.
(3)An application in respect of which a direction under this paragraph has effect shall be referred to the Secretary of State accordingly.
(4)Before determining an application referred to him under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall, if either the applicant or the authority so desire, afford to each of them an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State.
(5)The decision of the Secretary of State on any application referred to him under this paragraph shall be final.
Textual Amendments
F5Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
5(1)Subject to the following provision of this paragraph, a. . . F6 planning authority to whom application is made for listed building consent shall not grant such consent, unless they have notified the Secretary of State of the application (giving particulars of the works for which the consent is required) and either—
(a)a period of twenty-eight days has expired, beginning with the date of the notification, without the Secretary of State having directed the reference of the application to him; or
(b)the Secretary of State has notified the authority that he does not intend to require the reference of the application.
(2)The Secretary of State may at any time before the said period expires give notice to the authority that he requires further time in which to consider whether to require the reference of the application to him [F7; and if he gives such a notice the authority shall not grant the listed building consent until he has notified them that he does not intend to require the reference of the application.]
Textual Amendments
F6Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
F7Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 23
6(1)The Secretary of State may give directions that, in the case of such descriptions of applications for listed building consent as he may specify, other than such consent for the demolition of a building, paragraph 5 of this Schedule shall not apply; and accordingly, so long as the directions are in force. . . F8 planning authorities may determine applications of such descriptions in any manner they think fit, without notifying the Secretary of State.
(2)Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the Secretary of State may give directions to. . . F8 planning authorities requiring them, in such cases or classes of case as may be specified in the directions, to notify to him and to such other persons as may be so specified any applications made to them for listed building consent, and the decisions taken by the authorities thereon.
Textual Amendments
F8Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
7(1)[F9Where an application is made to the planning authority—
(a)for listed building consent, or
(b)for approval of the authority required by a condition imposed on the granting of listed building consent with respect to details of the works,
and the consent or approval is refused] by the authority or is granted by them subject to conditions, the applicant, if he is aggrieved by the decision, may by notice served in the prescribed manner within such period as may be prescribed, not being less than twenty-eight days from the receipt by him of notification of the decision, appeal to the Secretary of State.
(2)A person appealing under this paragraph may include in his notice thereunder, as the ground or one of the grounds of his appeal, a claim that the building is not of special architectural or historic interest and ought to be removed from any list compiled or approved by the Secretary of State under section 52 of this Act, or—
(a)in the case of a building to which subsection (8) of that section applies, that the Secretary of State should give a direction under that subsection with respect to the building; or
(b)in the case of a building subject to a building preservation notice under section 56 of this Act, that the building should not be included in a list compiled or approved under the said section 52.
(3)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary of State may allow or dismiss an appeal thereunder, or may reverse or vary any part of the decision of the authority, whether the appeal relates to that part thereof or not, and—
(a)may deal with the application as if it had been made to him in the first instance; and
(b)may, if he thinks fit, exercise his power under section 52 of this Act to amend any list compiled or approved thereunder by removing from it the building to which the appeal relates or his power under subsection (8) of that section to direct that that subsection shall no longer apply to the building.
(4)Before determining an appeal under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall, if either the applicant or the. . . F10 planning authority so desire, afford to each of them an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose.
(5)The decision of the Secretary of State on any appeal under this paragraph shall be final.
(6)Schedule 7 to this Act applies to appeals under this paragraph.
Textual Amendments
F9Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 16(2)
F10Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
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8[F11(1)] Where an application is made to the. . . F12 planning authority for listed building consent, then unless within the prescribed period from the date of the receipt of the application, or within such extended period as may at any time be agreed upon in writing between the applicant and the authority, the authority either—
(a)give notice to the applicant of their decision on the application; or
(b)give notice to him that the application has been referred to the Secretary of State in accordance with directions given under paragraph 4 of this Schedule,
the provisions of paragraph 7 of this Schedule shall apply in relation to the application as if listed building consent had been refused by the authority and as if notification of their decision had been received by the applicant at the end of the prescribed period or at the end of the said extended period, as the case may be.
[F13(2)Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph applies to an application to the planning authority for approval by the authority required by a condition imposed on the granting of listed building consent with respect to details of the works as it applies to an application for listed building consent, with the following modifications—
(a)for references to the prescribed period substitute references to the period of two months from the date of the receipt of the application, and
(b)omit paragraph (b) and the word “or” preceding it.]
Textual Amendments
F11Sch. 10 para. 8 renumbered as para. 8(1) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 para. 16(3)
F12Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
1[F1(1)An application for listed building consent shall be made in such form as the planning authority may require and shall contain—
(a)sufficient particulars to identify the building to which it relates, including a plan, and
(b)such other plans and drawings as are necessary to describe the works which are the subject of the application
and such other particulars as may be required by the planning authority.
(1A)Provision may be made by regulations under this Act with respect to the manner in which applications for listed building consent are to be made, the manner in which such applications are to be advertised and the time within which they are to be dealt with by planning authorities or, as the case may be, by the Secretary of State.]
(2)Any listed building consent shall (except in so far as it otherwise provides) enure for the benefit of the building and of all persons for the time being interested therein.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 para. 1(1)(1A) substituted for para. 1(1) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 Pt. II, para. 22
2(1)Regulations under this Act may provide that an application for listed building consent, or an appeal against the refusal of such an application, shall not be entertained unless it is accompanied by a certificate in the prescribed form and corresponding to one [F2prescribed under section 24] of this Act and any such regulations may—
(a)include requirements corresponding to sections [F224 and 26(3) and (3A)]of this Act; and
(b)make provision as to who, in the case of any building, is to be treated as the owner for the purposes of any provision of the regulations made by virtue of this sub-paragraph.
(2)If any person issues a certificate which purports to comply with the requirements of regulations made by virtue of this paragraph and which contains a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly issues a certificate which purports to comply with those requirements and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 3 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 10, para. 2(1) substituted (3.2.1995) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 61, Sch. 13 para. 42(a)(b) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1994/3292, art. 3
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), s. 54)
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Textual Amendments
4(1)The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications for listed building consent to be referred to him instead of being dealt with by the. . . F5 planning authority.
(2)A direction under this paragraph may relate either to a particular application, or to applications in respect of such buildings as may be specified in the direction.
(3)An application in respect of which a direction under this paragraph has effect shall be referred to the Secretary of State accordingly.
(4)Before determining an application referred to him under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall, if either the applicant or the authority so desire, afford to each of them an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State.
(5)The decision of the Secretary of State on any application referred to him under this paragraph shall be final.
Textual Amendments
F5Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
5(1)Subject to the following provision of this paragraph, a. . . F6 planning authority to whom application is made for listed building consent shall not grant such consent, unless they have notified the Secretary of State of the application (giving particulars of the works for which the consent is required) and either—
(a)a period of twenty-eight days has expired, beginning with the date of the notification, without the Secretary of State having directed the reference of the application to him; or
(b)the Secretary of State has notified the authority that he does not intend to require the reference of the application.
(2)The Secretary of State may at any time before the said period expires give notice to the authority that he requires further time in which to consider whether to require the reference of the application to him [F7; and if he gives such a notice the authority shall not grant the listed building consent until he has notified them that he does not intend to require the reference of the application.]
Textual Amendments
F6Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
F7Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 23
6(1)The Secretary of State may give directions that, in the case of such descriptions of applications for listed building consent as he may specify, other than such consent for the demolition of a building, paragraph 5 of this Schedule shall not apply; and accordingly, so long as the directions are in force. . . F8 planning authorities may determine applications of such descriptions in any manner they think fit, without notifying the Secretary of State.
(2)Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the Secretary of State may give directions to. . . F8 planning authorities requiring them, in such cases or classes of case as may be specified in the directions, to notify to him and to such other persons as may be so specified any applications made to them for listed building consent, and the decisions taken by the authorities thereon.
Textual Amendments
F8Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
7(1)[F9Where an application is made to the planning authority—
(a)for listed building consent, or
(b)for approval of the authority required by a condition imposed on the granting of listed building consent with respect to details of the works,
and the consent or approval is refused] by the authority or is granted by them subject to conditions, the applicant, if he is aggrieved by the decision, may by notice served in the prescribed manner within such period as may be prescribed, not being less than twenty-eight days from the receipt by him of notification of the decision, appeal to the Secretary of State.
(2)A person appealing under this paragraph may include in his notice thereunder, as the ground or one of the grounds of his appeal, a claim that the building is not of special architectural or historic interest and ought to be removed from any list compiled or approved by the Secretary of State under section 52 of this Act, or—
(a)in the case of a building to which subsection (8) of that section applies, that the Secretary of State should give a direction under that subsection with respect to the building; or
(b)in the case of a building subject to a building preservation notice under section 56 of this Act, that the building should not be included in a list compiled or approved under the said section 52.
(3)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary of State may allow or dismiss an appeal thereunder, or may reverse or vary any part of the decision of the authority, whether the appeal relates to that part thereof or not, and—
(a)may deal with the application as if it had been made to him in the first instance; and
(b)may, if he thinks fit, exercise his power under section 52 of this Act to amend any list compiled or approved thereunder by removing from it the building to which the appeal relates or his power under subsection (8) of that section to direct that that subsection shall no longer apply to the building.
(4)Before determining an appeal under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall, if either the applicant or the. . . F10 planning authority so desire, afford to each of them an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose.
(5)The decision of the Secretary of State on any appeal under this paragraph shall be final.
(6)Schedule 7 to this Act applies to appeals under this paragraph.
Textual Amendments
F9Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 16(2)
F10Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)
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8[F11(1)] Where an application is made to the. . . F12 planning authority for listed building consent, then unless within the prescribed period from the date of the receipt of the application, or within such extended period as may at any time be agreed upon in writing between the applicant and the authority, the authority either—
(a)give notice to the applicant of their decision on the application; or
(b)give notice to him that the application has been referred to the Secretary of State in accordance with directions given under paragraph 4 of this Schedule,
the provisions of paragraph 7 of this Schedule shall apply in relation to the application as if listed building consent had been refused by the authority and as if notification of their decision had been received by the applicant at the end of the prescribed period or at the end of the said extended period, as the case may be.
[F13(2)Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph applies to an application to the planning authority for approval by the authority required by a condition imposed on the granting of listed building consent with respect to details of the works as it applies to an application for listed building consent, with the following modifications—
(a)for references to the prescribed period substitute references to the period of two months from the date of the receipt of the application, and
(b)omit paragraph (b) and the word “or” preceding it.]
Textual Amendments
F11Sch. 10 para. 8 renumbered as para. 8(1) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 50, Sch. 9 para. 16(3)
F12Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)