PART 4CONSERVATION AREAS
Duties relating to conservation areas
I1159Duty to formulate and publish proposals for preservation and enhancement of conservation areas
1
A planning authority must from time to time prepare and publish proposals for the preservation and enhancement of any part of its area which is a conservation area.
2
The authority must submit the proposals for consideration to a public meeting held in the conservation area to which the proposals relate or, where there is no suitable place in the conservation area, as near to it as reasonably practicable.
3
The authority must have regard to any views about the proposals which are expressed at the meeting.
I2160Exercise of planning functions: general duty relating to conservation areas
1
In exercising a planning function in relation to a building or other land in a conservation area, a person must have special regard to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area.
2
In this section “planning function” means any function under or by virtue of—
a
Part 3, this Part, Part 5 or Part 7 as it applies for the purposes of any of those Parts,
c
section 70 or 73 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28) (estate management schemes).