{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-scotland-act-1997/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-scotland-act-1997/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/9",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Reference of certain applications to Secretary of State.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications for listed building consent to be referred to him instead of being dealt with by the planning authority.\n(2) A direction under this section may relate either to a particular application or to applications in respect of such buildings as may be specified in the direction.\n(3) An application in respect of which a direction under this section has effect shall be referred to the Secretary of State accordingly.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) The decision of the Secretary of State on any application referred to him under this section shall be final.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 11(4) repealed (1.12.2011) by Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 3), ss. 21(a), 33(2); S.S.I. 2011/372, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 11 applied (7.1.2003) by The Cairngorms National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/1), arts. 1, 7(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 11 modified (28.12.2007) by The Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consents under Enactments) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/569), regs. 1, 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 11 savings for effects of 2011 asp 3 s. 21 (1.12.2011) by The Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2011 (Saving, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order2011 (S.S.I. 2011/377), arts. 1(1), 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Ss. 6-25 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2015) by The Planning (Listed Building Consent and Conservation Area Consent Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/243), regs. 1, 15, sch. 3 (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 11(1)-(3) modified (7.1.2003) by The Cairngorms National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/1), arts. 1, 7(3)(b) (with art. 3(4)(5)(6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/9/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:04.824686+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}