Regulation 15 Application for listed building or conservation area consent in anticipation of disposal of Crown land

(1)

The following provisions of these Regulations shall, in their application to the making and determination of applications for listed building consent and conservation area consent made by virtue of section 84(2) of the Act, have effect subject to the following modifications–

(a)

in regulation 3(2), for the words “a certificate under regulation 6” substitute the words “the certificate or other document required by regulation 6 below”;

(b)

in regulation 6(1), after the words “accompanied by” insert the words “the documents described in paragraph (1A) below or”; and

(c)

after paragraph (1), add the following paragraph;

“(1A)

Where an application for listed building consent or conservation area consent is made in respect of Crown land by the appropriate authority or by a person authorised by that authority in writing, and where there is no interest in the land which is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown, the application shall be accompanied by–

(a)

a statement that there is for the time being no private interest in the land; and

(b)

where the application is made by a person authorised by the appropriate authority, a copy of the relevant authorisation.”.

(2)

The appropriate authority shall, as soon as may be, after disposing of, or disposing of an interest in, any Crown land in respect of which an application has been made by virtue of section 84(2) of the Act, give notice in writing to the local planning authority of such disposal.