Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023

77 Notification of listing or de-listing of building

(1) As soon as possible after the Welsh Ministers list or de-list a building, they must serve notice that they have done so on—

(a) every owner and occupier of the building, and

(b) every relevant local authority in whose area the building is situated.

(2) Where the Welsh Ministers have listed a building—

(a) the notice must specify the date on which they did so, and

(b) they must include with the notice a copy of the entry for the building in the list maintained under section 76.

(3) A copy of an entry served under this section is a local land charge, and for the purposes of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76) the county council or county borough council on which the copy is served is the originating authority as respects the charge.

(4) A relevant local authority must keep available for public inspection—

(a) copies of entries in the list that have been served on it under this section, and

(b) copies of any parts of the list that were deposited with it under section 2(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9) or a corresponding provision of any earlier Act, so far as those parts remain up-to-date.

(5) The copies must be available for inspection—

(a) free of charge,

(b) at reasonable times, and

(c) at a convenient place.

(6) In this section “relevant local authority” means—

(a) a county council or county borough council;

(b) a National Park authority;

(c) a joint planning board.