PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage·Page 45·B4
Control of Work to Scheduled Monuments
Department consent is required before any works to scheduled monuments including demolition, destruction, damage, repair, alteration or disturbance. Consent must be based on detailed proposals with no outline consent available.
Once a monument has been scheduled, the consent of the Department is required before any works are carried out which would have the effect of demolishing, destroying, damaging, removing, repairing, altering, adding to, disturbing, flooding or tipping on the monument. Consent can be granted only for detailed proposals and unlike planning permission there is no provision for the granting of outline consent. The Department also has powers to revoke or modify a consent. Class consents are currently being prepared by the Department which will enable owners to proceed with certain specified types of work without application for consent.
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