The competition framework Heritage planning etc. Heritage partnership agreements
412.Subsection (2) of section 60 inserts new section 26A into the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (“P(LBCA)A 1990”), which makes provision for heritage partnership agreements. A relevant local planning authority may make such an agreement with an owner of a listed building, or part of a listed building, in England and any of the persons mentioned in new section 26A(2) may be an additional party to the agreement. A heritage partnership agreement may contain provision granting listed building consent (“LBC”) under section 8(1) of the P(LBCA)A 1990 for the execution of specified works for the alteration or extension of the building to which it relates, and setting out any conditions attached to that consent. The specified works will still require any other relevant permission, such as planning permission. A heritage partnership agreement cannot be used to grant LBC for demolition. Subsection (6) of new section 26A sets out the range of additional matters that may be covered in a heritage partnership agreement, including which works the parties consider would not, affect the character of the listed building.
413.Subsection (2) also inserts new section 26B into the P(LBCA)A 1990, which makes supplemental provision in relation to heritage partnership agreements. Section 26B(1) provides that such agreements must make provision for review, termination and variation by the parties. Section 26B(1) also makes it clear that more than one listed building or part can be the subject of an agreement, provided that in each case a relevant local planning authority and an owner are parties to the agreement. Section 26B(2) sets out a range of further matters on which the Secretary of State may make regulations, including:
	any consultation that must take place before a heritage partnership agreement is made or varied;
	any publicity requirements;
	any particular terms that must be included in an agreement;
	the termination of an agreement, or of any provision in an agreement, by order of the Secretary of State or any other person specified in the regulations;
	the application or reproduction of sections 10 to 26 and 28 of the P(LBCA)A 1990, which set out certain procedures for listed building consent, for the purposes of heritage partnership agreements; and
	the application, with any modifications consequential on the application or reproduction of sections 10 to 26 and 28, of other specified sections and parts of the P(LBCA)A 1990 for the purposes of heritage partnership agreements.
414.Section 26B(4) provides that, if a heritage partnership agreement grants LBC for specified works, the benefit of such consent is conferred on the listed building and any person interested in it (whether or not that person is a party to the agreement). Section 26B(5) ensures that persons who are not party to the agreement are not subject to any burdens, and do not enjoy any other rights, under the agreement.