(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Determination of Appeals by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Classes) Regulations 1997 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations prescribe the classes of appeal which are to be determined by persons appointed by the Secretary of State (in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 6 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Schedule 3 to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990) instead of being determined by the Secretary of State. Certain classes of case within those prescribed classes of appeal continue to be determined by the Secretary of State.
These Regulations amend the principal Regulations by excluding from the reserved classes of appeal listed building consent appeals and listed building enforcement notice appeals concerned with Grade I and II* listed buildings. These will now be determined by a person appointed by the Secretary of State.
A full regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations. It has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament and is available on the internet at www.communities.gov.uk. Copies can also be obtained by post from the Planning Central Casework Division, Department for Communities and Local Government, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU.