# Housing and Planning Act 1986, Section 40: Listed buildings and conservation areas.


The enactments relating to listed buildings and conservation areas are amended in accordance with Part I of Schedule 9 with respect to the following matters—
(a) the treatment of free-standing objects and structures within the curtilage of a listed building;
(b) the scope of the exception for urgent works to a listed building;
(c) the grant of listed building consent subject to the subsequent approval of detail;
(d) applications for the variation or discharge of conditions attached to listed building consent;
(e) the extent of the exemption accorded to ecclesiastical buildings;
(f) dangerous structure orders in respect of listed buildings;
(g) the power of a local authority, the Secretary of State or the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England to carry out urgent works for the preservation of a building;
(h) the control of demolition in a conservation area;
(i) the form of an application for listed building consent; and
(j) the powers of the Secretary of State with respect to applications for listed building consent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/63/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986/section-40
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