Specific regulations - works affecting a Listed Building or Conservation Area

It is possible that shingle areas may contain (or may lie in the curtilage of) buildings or other structures that are Listed Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest on registers of Listed Buildings compiled by English Heritage, Cadw and the Scottish Ministers (Historic Scotland). Any works that may affect such buildings or structures will require Listed Building Consent in addition to any planning permission or other consents required, under the provisions of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997. In considering any such application, Ss. 16 and 66 of the 1990 Act require any planning authority, Inspector, the Secretary of State or the Welsh Assembly Government to have special regard to certain matters, including the desirability of preserving the setting of the building and any features of special architectural or historic interest it possesses as well as the building itself. A similar requirement is imposed on planning authorities, Reporters and the Scottish Ministers in Ss.14 and 59 of the 1997 Act*.

* Note: Guidance on Listed Building Consents and development control in Conservation Areas is provided in DoE PPG15 Planning and the Historic Environment, 1994; Welsh Office Circular Circular 61/96 Planning and the Historic Environment: Historic Buildings and Conservation Areas, 1996; Scottish Office Development Department NPPG18 Planning and the Historic Environment, 1999 and Scottish Office Memorandum of Guidance on Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas 1998.