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Listed building definition

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What does Listed building mean?

Listing aims to protect historically or architecturally important buildings and their surroundings from changes which materially alter the importance of the building or its setting. Listed building consent must be obtained to demolish, alter or extend a listed building in any way that affects its character.

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Heritage prosecutions

Heritage prosecutions Offences against heritage property Heritage crime is defined as 'any offence which harms the value of heritage assets and their settings for this and future generations'. Heritage assets include: • ancient monuments • listed buildings • buildings in conservation areas • designated cemeteries • conservation areas • registered parks and gardens • registered battlefields • protected military remains of aircraft and vessels of historic interest, and • undesignated but acknowledged buildings and sites of heritage significance Heritage crime which may be prosecuted as various offences, including: • theft of metals such as lead and copper from churches and other historic buildings • architectural theft (see Theft) • illegal metal detecting which involves trespass on private land • unlawful alterations and damage to listed buildings • criminal damage to monuments (see Criminal damage) • arson (see Arson) • graffiti (see Criminal damage) • substance abuse and other forms of anti-social behaviour The law on payment for scrap metal has been tightened to prevent profiteering from the theft of metal...

Planning fees

Planning fees Planning-related fees are charged so that developers, rather than taxpayers in general, meet the costs incurred by local planning authorities (LPAs) in determining planning applications. Planning fees are set by government nationally; LPAs have no discretion over the set fees. The fees charged for each category of development broadly reflect the work an LPA has to do to process an application. Which applications require a fee? Fees for planning applications and related advice are set out in legislation: • the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/2920 in England (the England Fee Regulations), and • the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications and Site Visits) (Wales) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/1522 in Wales (the Wales Fee Regulations) These regulations set out different categories of development, and the fee that the LPA requires to determine an application under each category. Fees may be payable for applications for: • pre-application services (in Wales) •...

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