PART 3

BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST
CHAPTER 1

LISTING BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

List of buildings

Duty to maintain and publish list of buildings
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1
The Welsh Ministers must maintain a list of buildings which must include every building in Wales they consider to be of special architectural or historic interest, and must publish the up-to-date list.
2
The Welsh Ministers may amend the list by—
a
adding a building,
b
removing a building, or
c
amending the entry for a building.
3
In considering whether a building should be included in the list, the Welsh Ministers may take into account not only the building itself but also—
a
any way in which the exterior of the building contributes to the architectural or historic interest of any group of buildings of which it forms part, and
b
the desirability of preserving any artificial feature of the building on the ground of its architectural or historic interest.
4
In subsection (3)(b) “artificial feature” means any feature of the building consisting of a structure or artificial object that—
a
is fixed to the building, or
b
forms part of the land and is within the curtilage of the building.
5
In this Act “listed building” means a building included in the list maintained under this section, and includes—
a
any structure or artificial object‍ that is fixed to the building and ancillary to it;
b
any other structure or artificial object that—
i
forms part of the land and has done so since before l July 1948, and
ii
was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which the building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
6
In this Part—
a
“listing” a building means amending the list by adding the building;
b
“de-listing” a building means amending the list by removing the building.
S. 76 in force at 4.11.2024 by S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(b)
Pts. 3-5 applied (4.11.2024) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 11(1) (as amended by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/924), regs. 1(2), 23(a))
S. 76 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212(2)