[F162ENotification of proposed application under section 62DE+W
(1)A person who proposes to make an application to the Welsh Ministers under section 62D must notify the following of the proposed application—
(a)the Welsh Ministers, and
(b)the local planning authority to which, but for section 62D, the application would be made.
(2)The notification must comply with any requirements specified in a development order.
(3)Those requirements may include requirements as to—
(a)the form and content of a notification;
(b)information that is to accompany the notification (including information about secondary consents in respect of which the person considers a decision should be made by the Welsh Ministers under section 62F, or otherwise relating to secondary consents);
(c)the way in which and time in which the notification is to be given.
(4)On receiving notification of an application from a person in accordance with this section, the Welsh Ministers must give notice to the person that the notification has been accepted.
(5)Any step taken in respect of an application that is proposed to be made under section 62D, if taken before the date on which notice is given under subsection (4) in respect of the application, is not to be treated for the purposes of this Act as constituting consultation with any person about the application.
(6)A development order may make provision about the giving of notice by the Welsh Ministers under subsection (4).
(7)That provision may include provision—
(a)about the form and content of the notice to be given under subsection (4);
(b)about the way in which it is to be given;
(c)about the period within which it is to be given (including provision about circumstances in which the Welsh Ministers may extend that period in a particular case).
(8)In this section and sections 62F and 62G, “secondary consent” has the meaning given in section 62H.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 62D, 62E and cross-heading inserted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), ss. 19, 58(2)(b)(4)(b); S.I. 2016/52, art. 2(a) (with art. 7)