Prospective
(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.
Commencement Information
I1S. 159 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212(2)
(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,
(b)the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8), or
(c)section 70 or 73 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28) (estate management schemes).
Commencement Information
I2S. 160 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212(2)