# The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2015, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend, in relation to England, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1519).
Regulation 2 reduces the requirement for a local authority to notify Historic England (the name used by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) of an application for planning permission which they think would affect the setting of a listed building or the character or appearance of a conservation area. Notification is required only in the circumstances specified in regulation 2(3).
Regulation 2 also amends regulation 13 of the 1990 Regulations to provide for a local planning authority to refer their own applications for listed building consent to the Secretary of State for determination only where Historic England and the national amenity societies have been notified of the application in accordance with directions issued by the Secretary of State under section 15(5) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, where any of them object to the application and where the authority do not propose to refuse it. Inserted regulation 13(2B) of the 1990 Regulations prescribes the content of an ‘objection’ which will trigger the referral of the application to the Secretary of State.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/809/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-amendment-england-regulations-2015/note
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