New measures introduced by sections 60 and 61, and schedule 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR) Act 2013 commenced on 6 April 2014, designed to improve the listed building (LB) consent process.
DCLG writes:
Provisions will make the listed building consent system more effective and efficient, reducing bureaucracy and cutting costs.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said ‘Listed buildings are a rich part of this country’s heritage and it is only right that we try to help those in charge of looking after them. These new measures will uphold levels of existing heritage protection, whilst also simplifying the process so that those within the heritage sector and owners are not bogged down in bureaucracy.
The new provisions relate to Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreements, Local Listed Building Consent Orders, and Certificates of Lawfulness of Proposed Works’
EH writes:
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR) Act 2013 has introduced a number of changes to the legal framework protecting heritage in England. These are aimed at making protection more efficient and effective. They will not reduce protection for the aspects of historic buildings and sites that the public value.
These new measures were introduced by sections 60 and 61, and schedule 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which inserts sections 26A – 26K, 28A and 61 and schedule 2A into the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. They commenced on 6 April 2014.
These changes introduce Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreements, Listed Building Consent Orders as well as Local Listed Building Consent Orders, and Certificates of Lawfulness of Proposed Works.
