Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023

166 Conservation area agreements

(1) The Welsh Ministers may make a conservation area agreement with one or more planning authorities.

(2) A conservation area agreement is an agreement that a specified amount of money will be set aside for a specified period of years for the purpose of making grants for the repair of buildings which are situated in a conservation area and—

(a) included in a list compiled for the purposes of the agreement by the parties to it, or by them and other planning authorities, or

(b) shown on a map prepared for those purposes by the parties, or by them and other planning authorities.

(3) The Welsh Ministers may pay a grant for the purposes of a conservation area agreement to a planning authority which is a party to the agreement or any other person.

(4) The Welsh Ministers may make arrangements with any such authority about how the agreement is to be carried out (including arrangements for the offer and payment of grants under this section).

(5) Section 165(4) to (9) apply to a grant under this section, but taking the recovery period to be 3 years beginning with the day the grant is made.