Schedule 20: Consequential amendments relating to Part 7 Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)
Paragraphs 4 to 7 amend the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to cover a number of points in respect of developing land acquired for planning purposes which is subject to a conservation covenant.
	Paragraph 5(2) amends sections 203(1)(b) and 203(4)(b) of that Act so that local authorities and other public and quasi-public bodies, in carrying out their normal functions for the public benefit, can rely on section 203 of the Act to override the covenant’s obligations in land that has been acquired for planning purposes and is developed or used in accordance with that section.
	Paragraph 5(3) amends section 203(10) of that Act to ensure that obligations under a conservation covenant owed to the National Trust cannot be overridden under section 203 of that Act.
	Paragraph 6 amends section 204 of that Act so that compensation is not available to the beneficiary of an obligation under a conservation covenant under this section of the Act by virtue of the conservation covenant having been overridden under section 203. This reflects the nature of conservation covenants as distinct from an interest in property and as agreements entered into for the public good.