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Section 160 Exercise of planning functions: general duty relating to conservation areasI1I2

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

In exercising a planning function in relation to a building or other land in a conservation area, a person must have special regard to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area.

(2)

In this section “planning function” means any function under or by virtue of—

(a)

Part 3, this Part, Part 5 or Part 7 as it applies for the purposes of any of those Parts,

(c)

section 70 or 73 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28) (estate management schemes).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 160 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212(2)

I2

S. 160 in force at 4.11.2024 by S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(c)

Notes on Part 4

Modifications

C1

Pts. 3-5 applied (4.11.2024) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 11(1) (as amended by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/924), regs. 1(2), 23(a))