Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997

Section 1(5).

SCHEDULE 1Buildings formerly subject to building preservation orders

1Subject to paragraph 2, every building which immediately before 3rd August 1970 was subject to a building preservation order under section 27 of the [1947 c. 53.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 but was not then included in a list compiled or approved under section 28 of that Act shall be deemed to be a listed building.

2(1)The Secretary of State may at any time direct, in the case of any building, that paragraph 1 shall no longer apply to it.

(2)The planning authority in whose district the building in respect of which such a direction is given is situated, on being notified of the direction, shall give notice of it to the owner, lessee and occupier of the building.

(3)Before giving such a direction in relation to a building, the Secretary of State shall consult the planning authority and the owner, lessee and occupier of the building.

3In the case of a building to which paragraph 1 applies—

(a)a notice of appeal under section 18 may include a claim that the Secretary of State should give a direction under paragraph 2 with respect to the building and on such an appeal the Secretary of State may give such a direction; and

(b)such a direction may also be given on an appeal under section 35.