The IHBC has welcomed the formal withdrawal of Bill Wiggin’s Private Members Bill (PMB), which threatened key parts of heritage legislation enshrined in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act of 1990 (P(LBCA)A 1990).
Mike Brown, IHBC Chair said: ‘While the IHBC welcomes this development, we are very conscious that the Minister has said that he will look at the issues Mr Wiggin MP raised through this Bill and his later proposed amendment to the Housing and Planning Bill. As such we must remain vigilant and ready to provide for government the level of objective advice necessary to ensure Britain’s heritage is secure’.
IHBC President David McDonald said: ‘Fortunately common sense has prevailed in relation to the Private Members Bill. That is in no small part due to the advocacy of the IHBC as well as cross-sector co-ordination with Historic England and The Heritage Alliance and many others. It shows that the historic environment sector can make a real impact when its constituent organisations work together towards a common cause.’
Parliament writes:
Latest news on the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Amendment) Bill 2015-16
This Bill has been withdrawn and will not progress any further.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 3 November 2015 under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
The second reading was expected on 11 March 2016 but was withdrawn.
This Bill is a Private Member’s Bill. These are often not printed until close to the second reading debate. If the text is not yet available here and you wish to know more about this bill please contact its sponsor, Bill Wiggin MP.
Summary of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Amendment) Bill 2015-16
A Bill to amend the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (the ‘1990 Act’) to establish additional factors, including environmental performance, health and safety and maintenance costs, as matters to be taken into account by the Secretary of State in considering whether to include, retain or release a building, or part thereof, in or from a list compiled or approved under the 1990 Act due to its architectural or historic interest; to make provision about excluding parts of buildings and structures within their curtilage from such lists; and for connected purposes.
