{"id":18815,"date":"2018-04-24T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T17:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18815"},"modified":"2018-04-24T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T17:20:27","slug":"new-welsh-he-consultations-include-listed-places-of-worship-and-scheduled-monuments-closing-13-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18815","title":{"rendered":"New Welsh HE consultations include listed places of worship and scheduled monuments, closing 13 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wales<\/a>The Welsh Government has launched it\u2019s third public consultation linked to the implementation of the Historic Environment (HE) (Wales) Act 2016, seeking views on a draft legislative order, on guidance for the management of certain listed places of worship in Wales and also thoughts on new guidance on the management of scheduled monuments.<\/h3>\n

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Welsh Government writes:<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Order 1994, six religious denominations in Wales are\u00a0currently exempt from listed building and conservation area consent processes: the Church in\u00a0Wales, the Church of England, the Baptist Unions of Great Britain and Wales, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church. This does not mean that these denominations are free to do what they like with their listed places of worship. Rather it reflects that they have internal structures and processes that provide scrutiny over proposed works that are at least as good as the secular controls exercised by local planning authorities.<\/p>\n

After a review of the exemption regime, a new order has been drafted to\u00a0clarify its operation in light of current ecclesiastical conditions and practices in Wales. The main changes in the Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and\u00a0Conservation Areas) (Wales) Order 2018 are:<\/p>\n