14th June 2011, 04:38 AM
I assume you mean by TCPA, the grant of planning permission under the various Planning Acts? Listed Building Consent is a very different animal to Planning Permission legally, even though the two processes are often handled together. It's an apples vs. oranges thing, so no there's no equivalent to Certificates of Immunity from Listing in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, just as there's no equivalent of Certificates of Lawful Use or Development under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.
CoI's are always a gamble but it's fairly well known that if you don't get it granted by EH then a listing recommendation to the SoS will shortly follow. Then again, as the other option is to risk a major redevelopment being halted at the last moment by a sudden listing of a property, it does provide some amount of certainty.
CoI's are always a gamble but it's fairly well known that if you don't get it granted by EH then a listing recommendation to the SoS will shortly follow. Then again, as the other option is to risk a major redevelopment being halted at the last moment by a sudden listing of a property, it does provide some amount of certainty.