Section 26K: Appeals against refusal or failure to give decision on application, Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

Where an application is made to a local planning authority for a certificate under section 26H and—

the application is refused or is refused in part, or

the authority do not give notice to the applicant of their decision on the application within such period as may be prescribed under section 26I or within such extended period as may at any time be agreed in writing between the applicant and the authority,

the applicant may by notice appeal to the Secretary of State.

A notice of appeal under this section—

must be served within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed;

must be accompanied by such information as may be prescribed.

The time prescribed for the service of a notice of appeal under this section must not be less than—

28 days from the date of notification of the decision on the application; or

in the case of an appeal under subsection (1)(b), 28 days from—

the end of the period prescribed as mentioned in subsection (1)(b), or

as the case may be, the extended period mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

On an appeal under this section, the Secretary of State must grant the appellant a certificate under section 26H or, in the case of a refusal in part, modify the certificate granted by the authority on the application, if and so far as the Secretary of State is satisfied—

in the case of an appeal under subsection (1)(a), that the authority's refusal is not well-founded, or

in the case of an appeal under subsection (1)(b), that if the authority had refused the application their refusal would not have been well-founded.

If and so far as the Secretary of State is satisfied that the authority's refusal is or, as the case may be, would have been well-founded, the Secretary of State must dismiss the appeal.

Where the Secretary of State grants a certificate under section 26H on an appeal under this section, the Secretary of State must give notice to the local planning authority of that fact.

References in this section to a refusal of an application in part include a modification or substitution of the description in the application of the works concerned.

Schedule 3 applies to an appeal under this section.

Section 26K: Appeals against refusal or failure to give decision on application

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