SCHEDULE 4Listed building consent

Regulation 44

PART 1Modifications to primary legislation

1.

F1(1)

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F2(2)

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F3(3)

Section 182(2) of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 is to be read as if before paragraph (a) there were inserted—

“(za)

a decision on an application under section 62F(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (developments of national significance: secondary consents);”

PART 2Modifications to secondary legislation

F42.

(1)

In their application to an application for listed building consent which is connected to an application for a nationally significant development under section 62D of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (Procedure and Interest Rate) (Wales) Regulations 2024 apply as follows.

Provision

Modification or disapplication

Regulation ‎3 (applying for listed building consent)

Regulation ‎3 is to be read as if, in paragraph ‎(3), for “the planning authority to which the application is made” there were substituted “the Welsh Ministers”.

Regulation 7 (acknowledgement of application for listed building consent)

Regulation ‎7 is to be read as if there were substituted—

“7.  If the Welsh Ministers consider that an application does not comply with a requirement imposed by section 90(2) of the 2023 Act or by these Regulations, the Welsh Ministers must notify the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.”

Regulation 8 (advertisement of applications for listed building consent)

Regulation ‎8 does not apply.

Regulation 9 (notification to amenity societies etc.)

Regulation ‎9 is to be read as if the references to a planning authority were references to the Welsh Ministers.

Regulation ‎12 (decision on application)

Regulation ‎12 applies as if there were substituted—

“12.  The Welsh Ministers must give notice of their decision before the end of the determination period referred to in section 62L of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.”

Regulation ‎13 (notice of decision or referral to the Welsh Ministers)

Regulation ‎13 is to be read as if—

(a)

in paragraph ‎(1)—

(i)

in the words before sub-paragraph ‎(a), the reference to the planning authority were to the Welsh Ministers;

(ii)

sub-paragraph (b) and “or” before it were omitted;

(b)

or paragraph (2) there were substituted—

“(2)

The decision must be given before the end of the determination period within the meaning of section 62L of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.”;

(c)

in paragraph ‎(3)—

(i)

for “the planning authority decides” there were substituted “the Welsh Ministers decide”;

(ii)

sub-paragraph ‎(b) and the “and” before it were omitted.

Regulation ‎19 (applications by a planning authority for demolition of a listed building)

Regulation ‎19 does not apply

Regulation ‎22 (publicity for applications relating to urgent works on Crown land)

Regulation ‎22 does not apply.

(2)

In this paragraph, “listed building consent” has the meaning given in section 89 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023.

3.

(1)

The 2016 Order applies with the following modifications.

(2)

Article 15 (acceptance of applications) is to be read as if in the case of a consent under F5section 89 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, the application is accompanied by those items listed in F6regulations 3 and 4 of the Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (Procedure and Interest Rate) (Wales) Regulations 2024.

(3)

Article 18 (publicity of applications for planning permission: Welsh Ministers) is to be read as if it does not apply in relation to any application for—

(a)

listed building consent to carry out works affecting only the interior of a building which when last notified to the local planning authority by the Welsh Ministers as a building of special architectural or historic interest was classified as a Grade II (unstarred) listed building; or

(b)

the variation or discharge of conditions attached to a listed building consent in respect of the interior of such a Grade II (unstarred) listed building.