§ Sir Mark Lennox-BoydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment under what law a local planning authority is empowered to insist that an inquirer should require listed building consent to install a burglar alarm in a listed building with the provision of an outside bell box on the face of that listed building.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordSection 7 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 provides that consent is normally required for any works of alteration of a listed building which would affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest.