New heritage provisions help those looking after listed buildings
7 Apr 2014 03:29 PM
Provisions will make the listed building consent
system more effective and efficient, reducing bureaucracy and cutting
costs
The
new measures coming into force this week, and set out in the Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform Act, provide real benefits for owners, developers and local
authorities whilst maintaining existing levels of heritage
protection.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said:
Listed buildings are a rich part of this country’s
heritage and it is only right that we try to help those in charge of looking
after them. These new measures will uphold levels of existing heritage
protection, whilst also simplifying the process so that those within the
heritage sector and owners are not bogged down in bureaucracy.
The
new provisions relate to Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreements, Local
Listed Building Consent Orders, and Certificates of Lawfulness of Proposed
Works.
More information can be found here