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Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Introductory Text is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to special controls in respect of buildings and areas of special architectural or historic interest with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
[24th May 1990]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1A Table showing the derivation of the provisions of this consolidation Act will be found at the end of the Act. The Table has no official status.
C2Act amended by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 1(1)(3)(5)
C3Act amended by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 336(9)
Act amended (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/593, reg. 2, Sch. 1
C4Act modified by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 28, 54, 173(8), Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 3(a)
C5Power to modify Act conferred by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 6(5)
C6Power to modify Act conferred by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 314–319, Sch. 16
C7Act modified by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 5, Sch. 3 paras. 13, 14
C8Act: definitions applied by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1, SIF 21:8), s. 31(1).
C9Act excluded by London Underground (Safety Measures) Act 1991 (c. xviii) s. 33(1)(a)
C10Act modified (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1732, art.2
Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5, Pt. III paras. 15(1), 20 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), 66(7), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2
C11Act excluded (16.3.1992) by London Underground Act 1992 (c. iii), s. 16(1)(a)
Act excluded (27.5.1993) by 1993 c. vii, s. 16(1)(a).
Act excluded (1.7.1993) by 1993 c. ix, s. 11(1)(a).
Act extended (with modifications)(19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 70, 125(2), Sch. 9 para. 13(4) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
Act: transfer of certain functions (W.)(1.7.1999) by The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999
(S.I. 1999/672), {art. 2}, Sch. 1
C12Act modified (28.9.2004 for E. and 15.10.2005 for W.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 38, 121(1) (with s. 111); S.I. 2004/2202, art. 2(c) (with art. 4); S.I. 2005/2847, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)
C13Act applied (7.6.2006) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 89, 121(1), Sch. 4 para. 9(2) (with s. 111); S.I. 2006/1281, art. 2(d)
C14Act modified (30.5.2007) by The National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) (No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1353), art. 5
C15Act applied (with modifications) (1.10.2012) by The London Legacy Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2167), arts. 1, 7 (with Sch. ss. 1, 2)
C16Act applied (with modifications) (W.) (1.3.2016) by The Developments of National Significance (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/56), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with regs. 1(3), 44)
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