Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 (No. 2)

8 Applications for approval of Cathedrals Fabric Commission

(1) Where any application is made by the administrative body of a cathedral church for the approval of the Commission, the chapter clerk shall—

(a) display in the prescribed manner, and

(b) send to the fabric advisory committee, the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission and the national amenity societies (or such person as those societies may jointly appoint for the purposes of this section),

a notice in the prescribed form specifying the place where details of the proposal are available for inspection and stating that representations in writing with respect to the proposal may be sent to the secretary of the Commission before the end of the prescribed period; and, if the application relates to a proposal of a kind described in section 2(1)(a) of this Measure, it shall also send such a notice to the local planning authority.

(2) After considering any representations made to it under this section, the Commission shall determine whether to give its approval to the proposal, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as it may specify, or whether to refuse to give its approval.

(3) The secretary of the Commission shall send notice of the Commission’s decision—

(a) to the administrative body of the cathedral church,

(b) to the fabric advisory committee,

(c) to the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission,

(d) to the national amenity societies (or such person as those societies may jointly appoint for the purposes of this section), and

(e) to the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England,

and the chapter clerk shall display in the prescribed manner a copy of the notice sent to the administrative body under this subsection; and, if the decision relates to a proposal of a kind described in section 2(1)(a) of this Measure, he shall also send a copy of it to the local planning authority.