Part I Town and Country Planning: England and Wales
Control over development
I1C113 Demolition of buildings.
1
In section 55 of the principal Act (meaning of “development”) after subsection (1) there is inserted—
1A
For the purposes of this Act “building operations” includes—
a
demolition of buildings;
b
rebuilding;
c
structural alterations of or additions to buildings; and
d
other operations normally undertaken by a person carrying on business as a builder.
2
In subsection (2) of that section after paragraph (f) there is inserted—
g
the demolition of any description of building specified in a direction given by the Secretary of State to local planning authorities generally or to a particular local planning authority.
3
After section 108(3) of that Act (compensation for refusal or conditional grant of planning permission formerly granted by development order) there is inserted—
4
Regulations made by virtue of this subsection may provide that subsection (1) shall not apply where planning permission granted by a development order for demolition of buildings or any description of buildings is withdrawn by the issue of directions under powers conferred by the order.