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Section 7 Restriction on works affecting listed buildings.C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8

England and Wales

F1(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this Act, no person shall execute or cause to be executed any works for the demolition of a listed building or for its alteration or extension in any manner which would affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest, unless the works are authorised F2under section 8.

F3(2)

Subsection (1) is subject to section 33(1) of the Planning Act 2008 (exclusion of requirement for other consents for development for which development consent required).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 7 renumbered as s. 7(1) (1.3.2010) by virtue of Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), ss. 36, 241(8), Sch. 2 para. 39(2) (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 2 (with art. 6)

F2

Words in S. 7(1) inserted (1.3.2010) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), ss. 36, 241(8), Sch. 2 para. 39(3) (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 2 (with art. 6)

F3

S. 7(2) inserted (1.3.2010) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), ss. 36, 241(8), Sch. 2 para. 39(4) (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 2 (with art. 6)

Modifications

C1

Ss. 7, 8 modified by S.I. 1990/1519, reg. 13(1); applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1990/1519, reg. 12, Sch. 3

C2

S. 7 excluded (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 12, Sch. 7 paras. 1(1)(3), 2(1)(a)

S. 7 applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 12, Sch. 8 paras. 1(5), 2(5)

S. 7 restricted (1.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/1771, art. 5(5)

C3

S. 7 excluded (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 9 paras. 1(1)(a)(3), 2(1)(a)(2)

C4

S. 7 modified (W.) (30.4.2012) by The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (No. 793), regs. 1, 16, Sch. 3

C5

Ss. 7-29 applied (Isles of Scilly) (with modifications) (2.10.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2148), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 1(2))

C6

S. 7 excluded (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), s. 70(1), Sch. 18 paras. 1(2), 2(2)

C7

S. 7 excluded (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 18 para. 1(2)(a) (with Sch. 18 para. 1(3))

C8

S. 7 excluded (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 18 para. 2(2)(a)

Notes on Chapter II

Modifications

C1

Chs. I, II (ss. 1-26) and IV (ss. 38-44) of Pt. I, ss. 54-56, 59-61, 66, 68-72, 74-76 and 88: power to apply conferred (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 171(4)(b); S.I. 1993/2762, art.3.