Planning Minister Nick Boles has announced Statutory Instruments that impact on the management designated heritage.
Alongside moves to streamline the planning appeals system new secondary legislation will complete the removal of the requirement for obtaining Conservation Area Consent when demolishing unlisted buildings in conservation areas, and from 1 October 2013 make these proposals subject to planning permission instead.
It will remain necessary to obtain the permission of the local planning authority for such demolition, but the changes will reduce complexity in the system.
The Statutory Instruments being laid this week also set out the special measures regulations affecting under-performing planning authorities. Amendments to the fees regulations will also help to improve performance by requiring a refund of the planning application fee if a planning application has not been decided within 26 weeks, in line with the Government’s ‘Planning Guarantee’.
Also involved is revised guidance on the compulsory acquisition of land or rights over land for nationally significant infrastructure projects.
In addition, the minister told MPs that the temporary measure introduced by the previous Government that enables applicants to seek more time to implement a planning permission will not be extended further.
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