Listed buildings

Levrant, Stephen

Listed buildings - 2006 - Solicitors' Journal 150(28) 21 July 2006, 938-940(2) .

Warns that local authorities are getting hotter on prosecuting owners of listed buildings for breach of planning regulations including the subsequent purchasers of properties. The issue is about to become of greater importance as the government has commissioned a guidance note to help local authorities take forward prosecutions for unauthorised works to listed buildings. Examines the provisions of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, breach of which is a criminal matter. Looks at the most common cause of problems in respect of unauthorised work: variations and amendments that have been carried out during building works after a listed building consent has been granted. Considers what new owners can do having been served a letter of intent by the local authority, negligence claims and the value of engaging a conservation professional.


PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990
PLANNING POLICY GUIDANCE NOTE 15


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