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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003.
(2) Regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations shall come into force on 5th December 2003 and all other regulations thereof shall come into force on 5th September 2003.
(3) These Regulations apply in England only.
(4) In these Regulations “the 1990 Regulations” means the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990.
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For regulation 3(5) of the 1990 Regulations substitute—“
(5) Every such notice of decision or reference to the Secretary of State shall be in writing and where the local planning authority decide—
(a) to grant listed building consent or conservation area consent subject to conditions or to refuse it, the notice shall state the full reasons for the decision and shall be accompanied by a notification in the terms (or substantially in the terms) set out in Part II of Schedule 1 hereto; or
(b) to grant listed building consent or conservation area consent without conditions, the notice shall state a summary of the reasons for the decision.”.
3 
In regulation 4(2) of the 1990 Regulations, for the second reference to “regulation 3(5)” substitute “regulation 3(5)(a)”.
4 
In regulation 8(1) of the 1990 Regulations, for “six months” substitute “three months”.
5 
In Parts I, II and III of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Regulations, for “six months” substitute “three months”.
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The amendments made to the 1990 Regulations by—
(a) regulations 4 and 5, shall not apply to applications for listed building consent or conservation area consent made before those regulations come into force;
(b) regulation 2, shall not apply to applications for listed building consent or conservation area consent made before that regulation comes into force, which are decided or determined within a period of three months from that date.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Minister of State
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
6th August 2003