PART 4

CONSERVATION AREAS

Duties relating to conservation areas

Duty to formulate and publish proposals for preservation and enhancement of conservation areas
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1
A planning authority must from time to time prepare and publish proposals for the preservation and enhancement of any part of its area which is a conservation area.
2
The authority must submit the proposals for consideration to a public meeting held in the conservation area to which the proposals relate or, where there is no suitable place in the conservation area, as near to it as reasonably practicable.
3
The authority must have regard to any views about the proposals which are expressed at the meeting.