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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-conservation-areas-demolition-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/107",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Conservation Areas) (Demolition) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-conservation-areas-demolition-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations made under the Planning (Northern Ireland) Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) up-date and replace the Planning (Conservation Areas) (Demolition) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”) to take account of that Act. They provide the necessary procedures for the obtaining of conservation area consent for the demolition in a conservation area of a building which is neither a listed building nor an ecclesiastical building nor a building guarded, protected or scheduled under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.\nRegulation 3 sets out how an application for conservation area consent must be made and the information which an applicant must provide.\nRegulation 4 sets out how an application for approval of the council [or, as the case may be, the Department] required by a condition imposed on the grant of conservation area consent must be made and the information which an applicant must provide.\nRegulation 5 provides for notification to owners under section 42 of the 2011 Act and also for related certificates that such notification has or cannot be carried out.\nRegulation 6(1)(a) and (b) requires councils to publish notice of an application for conservation area consent in a local newspaper and, where the council maintain one, on their website.\nRegulation 6(1)(c) prevents councils from determining an application for conservation area consent before the end of 14 days beginning with the date notice of the application was first published in a local newspaper, or 14 days from the date of publication on the council website (where the council maintain one), whichever is the later date.\nRegulation 7(1) requires councils, in determining an application for conservation area consent, to take account of responses received within 14 days from the date on which the notice is first published in a newspaper, or 14 days from the date of publication on the council website (where the council maintain one), whichever is the later date.\nRegulation 7(2) requires councils, in determining an application for conservation area consent, to take account of any representation made by the owner of the building (where the applicant is not the owner) and (where the owner makes a representation) to notify them of their decision.\nRegulation 8(1) specifies the period of time within which the council should determine applications for conservation area consent.\nRegulation 8(2) specifies the period of time within which councils should determine applications for approval required by a condition imposed on the grant of conservation area consent.\nRegulation 8(3) requires councils [or, as the case may be, the Department] to give reasons where they refuse an application for conservation area consent, or grant consent subject to conditions.\nRegulation 9 deals with applications to councils under section 95 (consent to execute works without compliance with conditions previously attached) of the 2011 Act.\nRegulation 10 deals with applications to the Department under section 95 of the 2011 Act.\nRegulation 11 deals with applications by interested councils (defined in section 107(6) of the 2011 Act).\nRegulation 12 sets out the procedure for claims for compensation for revocation or modification of a consent.\nRegulation 13 provides for the use of electronic communication in relation to submission of applications and claims for compensation.\nRegulation 14 deals with advertisement of unopposed orders revoking or modifying a consent.\nRegulation 15 and Schedule 2 set out the expectations and modifications which are made to the listed building provisions of the 2011 Act which section 105(6) of that Act applies to buildings to which these Regulations apply.\nRegulation 16 revokes the 1988 Regulations.\nA regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations. A copy may be obtained from the Department of the Environment, Causeway Exchange, 1-7 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7EG or accessed atwww.doeni.gov.uk\nThe Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside these Regulations on the government’s websitewww.legislation.gov.uk",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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