Part I Listed Buildings
Chapter 1 Listing of special buildings
6 Issue of certificate that building not intended to be listed.
(1)
Where—
(a)
application has been made for planning permission for any development involving the alteration, extension or demolition of a building; or
(b)
any such planning permission has been granted;
the Secretary of State may, on the application of any person, issue a certificate stating that he does not intend to list the building.
(2)
The issue of such a certificate in respect of a building shall—
(a)
preclude the Secretary of State for a period of 5 years from the date of issue from exercising in relation to that building any of the powers conferred on him by section 1; and
(b)
preclude the local planning authority for that period from serving a building preservation notice in relation to it.
(3)
Notice of an application under subsection (1) shall be given to the local planning authority within whose area the building is situated at the same time as the application is submitted to the Secretary of State.
(4)
In this section “local planning authority”, in relation to a building in Greater London, includes the Commission.