Part II Conservation Areas

General duties of planning authorities

C172 General duty as respects conservation areas in exercise of planning functions.

1

In the exercise, with respect to any buildings or other land in a conservation area, of any F1functions under or by virtue of any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2), special attention shall be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area.

2

The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are the planning Acts and Part I of the M1Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 F2and sections 70 and 73 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

F33

In subsection (2), references to provisions of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 include references to those provisions as they have effect by virtue of section 118(1) of the Housing Act 1996.

F44

Nothing in this section applies in relation to neighbourhood development orders.