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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/listed-buildings-partnership-agreements-wales-regulations-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2024/926",
  "legislation_title": "The Listed Buildings (Partnership Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/listed-buildings-partnership-agreements-wales-regulations-2024",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made under powers given to the Welsh Ministers by the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”). The 2023 Act forms part of a code of law relating to the historic environment of Wales. These Regulations also form part of that Code.\nThe Regulations make provision about partnership agreements relating to listed buildings in Wales.\nThe 2023 Act protects buildings of special architectural or historic interest, which may include buildings or structures. The 2023 Act provides that the Welsh Ministers must maintain a list of such buildings in Wales. Particular types of works may only be carried out to a “listed building” if they are authorised by the planning authority or by the Welsh Ministers. This authorisation is called “listed building consent” and is granted under Part 3 of the 2023 Act.\nThe framework for a partnership agreement is set out in sections 113 to 116 of the 2023 Act. A partnership agreement is an agreement between the owner of a listed building in Wales and either the planning authority or the Welsh Ministers or both. There may also be additional parties to a partnership agreement, including any person who has special knowledge of or special interest in the listed building, generally or specifically. A partnership agreement may relate to more than one listed building, provided that, for every building, either the planning authority in whose area the building or part of it is situated, or the Welsh Ministers, are party to it together with an owner of the building or part of the building.\nA partnership agreement may grant listed building consent under section 89(1) of the 2023 Act in respect of a programme of works specified in the agreement. The works may only be for the alteration or extension of the listed building to which the agreement applies. That consent may be subject to conditions.\nSection 114(5) of the 2023 Act requires the Welsh Ministers to make Regulations to make further provision about the consultation and publicity procedures for agreeing and varying agreements.\nRegulations 3 to 6 make provision about consultation and publicity requirements in certain circumstances. Those circumstances are where a partnership agreement grants or varies listed building consent for works which would affect the character of a listed building as a building of special architectural or historic interest or where they extend the duration of an agreement.\nRegulation 4 provides that the planning authority must consult with the Welsh Ministers before it makes or varies a partnership agreement.\nRegulation 5 requires a planning authority to publicise draft partnership agreements or draft variations to agreements in a number of ways. Those include drawing an agreement or variation to the attention of any owner and long-term tenant who is not a proposed party to the agreement or variation, and making the proposed agreement or variation available for public inspection and on a website for a specified number of days. Notice of the proposed agreement or variation must be displayed near the building and served on certain interested parties. A minimum of 21 days must be allowed for representations to be made.\nRegulation 6 provides that the planning authority must publish a list, by electronic means, of partnership agreements to which it is a party and which are in effect. It must also, as soon as practicable after entering into a new partnership agreement or varying an existing agreement, update the list and submit a copy of the agreement or variation to the Welsh Ministers.\nRegulation 7 revokes the Listed Buildings (Heritage Partnership Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2021.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/926/note",
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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