The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017

JurisdictionWales
CitationSI 2017/567 (W136)
(1) The title of these Regulations is the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017.(2) These Regulations come into force on 16 May 2017.(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.(4) In relation to an application for planning permission made to the Welsh Ministers, Parts 2 to 7 of these Regulations apply only to the extent and in the way set out in Part 7.(1) In these Regulations—
  • the 1990 Act” (“Deddf 1990”) means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
  • the 1991 Act” (“Deddf 1991”) means the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 ;
  • the 1995 Act” (“Deddf 1995”) means the Environment Act 1995 ;
  • the 2012 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2012”) means the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 ;
  • the 2016 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2016”) means the Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 2016 ;
  • any other information” (“unrhyw wybodaeth arall”) means any other substantive information relating to the environmental statement and provided by the applicant or the appellant as the case may be;
  • any particular person” (“unrhyw berson penodol”) includes any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection;
  • by local advertisement” (“drwy hysbyseb leol”) , in relation to a notice, means—
    • (a) by publication of the notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land is situated; and
    • (b) by publication of the notice on the website of the relevant planning authority;
  • the consultees” (“yr ymgynghoreion”) means—
    • (a) in respect of an application for planning permission made to the Welsh Ministers, any authority, body or person which they are required to consult, or would be required to consult if an application for planning permission were before them, by virtue of article 22 of the 2016 Order (time periods for decision) and the bodies referred to in sub-paragraph (c) if not already within this sub-paragraph;
    • (b) any body which the relevant planning authority is required to consult, or would, if an application for planning permission for the development in question were before them, be required to consult by virtue of article 14 of the 2012 Order (consultations before the grant of permission) or of any direction under that article, and the bodies referred to in sub-paragraph (c) if not already within this sub-paragraph;
    • (c) the following bodies—
      • (i) any principal council for the area where the land is situated, if not the relevant planning authority;
      • (ii) the Natural Resources Body for Wales ;
      • (iii) other bodies designated by statutory provision as having specific environmental responsibilities and which the relevant planning authority or the Welsh Ministers, as the case may be, consider are likely to have an interest in the application;
  • the Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb”) means Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment ;
  • dwellinghouse” (“tŷ annedd”) means a building or part of a building which is used as a single private dwelling and for no other purpose;
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