Part 3Connected listed building applications

Chapter 2Consultation

Consultation before determining connected listed building application

39.—(1) Before determining a connected listed building application the Secretary of State must consult—

(a)the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England(1), and

(b)in relation to any application proposing the demolition of the whole or part of a listed building,—

(i)the Ancient Monuments Society,

(ii)the Council for British Archaeology,

(iii)the Georgian Group,

(iv)the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings,

(v)the Victorian Society, and

(vi)the Twentieth Century Society.

(2) Where the Secretary of State is required to consult any person under paragraph (1) (“the consultee”) before determining a connected listed building application—

(a)the Secretary of State must send a copy of the connected listed building application to the consultee, and inform them that they have a period of 28 days beginning with the day on which a copy of the application was sent to them to make representations about the application, and

(b)subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of State must not determine the application before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which a copy of the application was sent to the consultee.

(3) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply if before the end of the period referred to in that paragraph the Secretary of State has received a substantive response concerning the application from the consultee.

(4) For the purposes of this article, a substantive response is one which—

(a)states that the consultee has no comment to make,

(b)states that, on the basis of the information available, the consultee is content with the proposed works,

(c)refers the Secretary of State to current standing advice given by the consultee on the subject of the consultation, or

(d)provides advice to the Secretary of State.