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The provisions are useful in that they enable a local authority to
overcome the difficulty often experienced in the past in enforcing a
demolition order under the Housing Act, 1936, in respect of a house
situated within a terrace, because of the necessity to protect and support
adjoining houses when demolition was carried out.
Housing Act, 1949 — section 3 and Town and Country Planning Act,
1947— section 30
A list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest is
being compiled by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in
accordance with certain provisions of the above Acts. When completed
a certified copy will be deposited with the Council and notices will be
served on the owners and occupiers of the buildings concerned. A
provisional list has in the meantime been received which covers a rather
wider range of properties than will be included in the statutory list.
Buildings in the provisional list are placed in grades I, II or III and
the statutory list will in general cover grades I and II only. Buildings
placed in grade III are considered worthy of retention if this can be done
without unduly affecting other and wider interests. The listing of a
building is not meant to operate as a bar to demolition, but each case
will be considered on its merits. Buildings classified as grade I or II
are of sufficient interest to render it inexpedient for them to be demolished
pending a decision as to whether they should be made the subject of a
building preservation order or included in the statutory list.
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