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

74 Exercise of powers in relation to Crown land

(1) Notwithstanding any interest of the Crown in Crown land, but subject to the following provisions of this section—

(a) a building which for the time being is Crown land may be included in a list compiled or approved by the Secretary of State under section 1,

(b) any restrictions imposed or powers conferred by any of sections 1 to 24, 28 to 41, 49, 50, 53 to 56, 59(1), 60, 65 and 68 and Schedules 1 to 3 shall apply and be exercisable in relation to Crown land, to the extent of any interest in it for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown, and

(c) any power to acquire land compulsorily under section 42 may be exercised in relation to any interest in the land which is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown.

(2) Except with the consent of the appropriate authority—

(a) no notice shall be served under section 34 in relation to land which for the time being is Crown land, and

(b) no interest in land which for the time being is Crown land shall be acquired compulsorily under section 42.

(3) No listed building enforcement notice shall be served in respect of works executed by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of a building which was Crown land at the time when the works were executed.

(4) No listed building purchase notice shall be served in relation to any interest in Crown land unless—

(a) an offer has previously been made by the owner of the interest to dispose of it to the appropriate authority on terms that the price payable for it—

(i) shall be equal to the compensation which would be payable in respect of the interest if it were acquired in pursuance of such a notice, or

(ii) in default of agreement shall be determined in a similar manner to that in which that compensation would be determined, and

(b) that offer has been refused by the appropriate authority.

(5) A person who is entitled to occupy Crown land by virtue of a contract in writing shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) as having an interest in land.

(6) In this section—

• “Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest, and

• “Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or belonging to a government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

(7) For the purposes of this section “the appropriate authority”, in relation to any land—

(a) in the case of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of the Crown Estate, means the Crown Estate Commissioners,

(b) in relation to any other land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, means the government department having the management of that land, and

(c) in the case of land belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, means that department.

(8) If any question arises as to what authority is the appropriate authority in relation to any land, that question shall be referred to the Treasury, whose decision shall be final.