Decision details

There were three questions submitted in accordance with Standing Order 4.8.11.

Councillor Ralph Muncer to Councillor Nigel Mason, Chair of the Planning Control Committee:

(1)   What is the Council’s policy regarding the application of its powers under the Listed Building Act 1990, the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and the Buildings Act 1984, in respect of holding building owners to account for the dilapidation of Listed Buildings, especially for registered Assets of Community Value?

(2)   In particular, if the Council becomes aware that a Listed Building or building within a Conservation Area is at risk from dilapidation, to what extent will the Council allow the building to deteriorate before exercising its power to take formal legal enforcement action under the above acts?

(3)   If the owner’s maintenance of a Listed Building falls below the Council’s minimum standard requirement (as in (2) above), and indeed the minimum standard required by legislation, how much time will the Council give the owner to restore the building to comply with informal requests and comply with statutory requirements before taking formal legal action to protect the historic building?