Commentary on Sections Part 3 — Buildings of special architectural or historic interest Chapter 3 — Listed building partnership agreements
409.This Chapter provides for the making of a listed building partnership agreement. This is a voluntary agreement between a planning authority or the Welsh Ministers, a listed building owner and other parties for the long-term conservation and management of one or more listed buildings. A listed building partnership agreement may grant listed building consent for an agreed programme of works to be carried out during the lifetime of the agreement. Provision is made for comparable scheduled monument partnership agreements in Part 1, Chapter 4.
410.The Welsh Ministers have published non-statutory, best-practice guidance, which is kept under review, to support the preparation of heritage partnership agreements including those for listed buildings. The guidance at the time of writing these notes, Heritage Partnership Agreements in Wales (2021), sets out the elements required in an agreement and identifies best practice to promote consistency in the implementation of works as well as regular monitoring and review. The guidance includes a template to provide a framework for new agreements.