Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023

Historic parks and gardens

192 Duty to maintain and publish register of historic parks and gardens

(1) The Welsh Ministers must maintain a register of parks and gardens in Wales they consider to be of special historic interest, and must publish the up-to-date register.

(2) The Welsh Ministers must decide whether, or to what extent,‍ to include as part of the registration of a park or garden—

(a) any building or water on, adjoining or adjacent to it, or

(b) any land adjoining or adjacent to it.

(3) The Welsh Ministers may amend the register by—

(a) adding an entry,

(b) removing an entry, or

(c) amending an entry.

(4) As soon as possible after amending the register, the Welsh Ministers must—

(a) serve notice that they have done so on the persons mentioned in subsection (5), and

(b) in the case of any amendment under subsection (3)(a) or (c), include with the notice a copy of the entry or amended entry in the register.

(5) The persons referred to in subsection (4) are—

(a) every owner and occupier of the park or garden in question (including, if different, the owners and occupiers of anything appearing in the register by virtue of subsection (2));

(b) the planning authority in whose area the park or garden is situated (including, if different, the planning authority in whose area anything appearing in the register by virtue of subsection (2) is situated).

(6) In this section references to parks and gardens include—

(a) places of recreation, and

(b) any other designed grounds (including designed ornamental landscapes).