PART VRECOVERY OF LOCAL AUTHORITY EXPENSES

Charge on land

10.—(1) Regulation 16 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1976(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a)regulation 16 shall be renumbered 16(1); and

(b)after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be inserted “(2) The expenses recoverable by a local planning authority under section 178(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 are, until recovered, a charge that is binding on successive owners of the land to which the enforcement notice related and the charge shall take effect as from the date of the completion by the local planning authority of the steps required to be taken by the enforcement notice.”.

(2) Regulation 11 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a)regulation 11 shall be renumbered 11(1); and

(b)after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be inserted “(2) The expenses recoverable by a local planning authority under section 42(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 are, until recovered, a charge that is binding on successive owners of the land to which the listed building enforcement notice related and the charge shall take effect as from the date of the completion by the local planning authority of the steps required to be taken by the listed building enforcement notice.”.

(1)

S.I. 1976/1419.

(2)

S.I. 1990/1519.