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Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Section 20 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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(1)Where a local planning authority—
(a)refuse an application for listed building consent or grant it subject to conditions;
(b)refuse an application for the variation or discharge of conditions subject to which such consent has been granted or grant it and add new conditions; or
(c)refuse an application for approval required by a condition imposed on the granting of listed building consent with respect to details of works or grant it subject to conditions,
the applicant, if aggrieved by the decision, may appeal to the Secretary of State.
(2)A person who has made such an application may also appeal to the Secretary of State if the local planning authority have [F1done none of the following]—
(a)given notice to the applicant of their decision on the application;
[F2(aa)given notice to the applicant that they have exercised their power under section 81A or 81B to decline to determine the application;]
(b)in the case of such an application as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1), given notice to the applicant that the application has been referred to the Secretary of State in accordance with directions given under section 12,
within the relevant period from the date of the receipt of the application, or within such extended period as may at any time be agreed upon in writing between the applicant and the authority.
(3)In this section “the relevant period” means—
(a)in the case of such an application as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1), such period as may be prescribed; and
(b)in the case of such an application for approval as is mentioned in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the period of eight weeks from the date of the receipt of the application.
(4)For the purposes of the application [F3in relation to England] of sections 22(1) and 63(7)(b) in relation to an appeal under subsection (2) it shall be assumed that the authority decided to refuse the application in question.
[F4(5)For the purposes of the application in relation to Wales of sections 22(1), 63(7)(b) and 88E(7)(b) in relation to an appeal under subsection (2) it shall be assumed that the authority decided to refuse the application in question.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 20(2) substituted (24.8.2005 for E., otherwise prosp.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 43(4)(a), 121(1) (with ss. 43(5), 111); S.I. 2005/2081, art. 2(a)
F2S. 20(2)(aa) substituted for word in s. 20(2) (24.8.2005 for E. for specified purposes, 6.4.2009 for E. for remaining purposes., otherwise prosp.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 43(4)(b), 121(1) (with ss. 43(5), 111); S.I. 2005/2081, art 2(a)(iv); S.I. 2009/384, art. 2(c)
F3Words in s. 20(4) inserted (11.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Determination of Procedure) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2773), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 16
F4S. 20(5) inserted (11.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Determination of Procedure) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2773), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 16
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 17–20 modified by S.I. 1990/1519, reg. 13(1); applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1990/1519, reg. 12, Sch. 3
C2S. 20 applied (7.6.2006) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 89, 121(1), Sch. 4 para. 11(3) (with s. 111); S.I. 2006/1281, art. 2(d)
C3Ss. 17-20 modified (W.) (30.4.2012) by The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (No. 793), regs. 1, 16, Sch. 3
C4Ss. 7-29 applied (Isles of Scilly) (with modifications) (2.10.2013) by The Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2148), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 1(2))
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