Listed buildings and conservation areas : the Housing and Planning Act 1986 and other recent developments

Mynors, C.

Listed buildings and conservation areas : the Housing and Planning Act 1986 and other recent developments - 1987 - Journal of Planning and Environment Law (1987) JPL 396-419(24) .

The Housing and Planning Act 1986 has brought about changes to the law relating to listed buildings and conservation areas. In addition to these changes to primary legislation, a new set of regulations, Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) Regulations 1987 have been made to replace the 1977 regulations. A major new circular (8/87) has also been produced by the DOE. This article describes the effects of these and other relevant changes in legislation and also comments on recent judicial decisions in this field.


DOE CIRCULAR 08/1987