Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)

Part 6 E+W Wales

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 6 applied (21.1.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 74(4), 175(1)(e)

C2 Pt. 6 applied (28.2.2022) by The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/343), regs. 1(3)(c), 13

C3 Pt. 6 applied (30.6.2022) by The North Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/339), regs. 1(3)(c), 13

C4 Pt. 6 applied (30.6.2022) by The South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/352), regs. 1(3)(c), 13

C5 Pt. 6 applied (30.6.2022) by The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/342), regs. 1(3)(c), 13

General E+W

78 Interpretation E+W

(1) Local development plan must be construed in accordance with section 62.

(2) Local planning authorities are—

(a) county councils in Wales;

(b) county borough councils.

(3) [F1 A National Park authority is the local planning authority for the whole of its area and subsection (2) must be construed subject to that.]

[F1 But—

(a) a National Park authority is the local planning authority for the whole of its area;

(b) a joint planning board is the local planning authority for the whole of its united district (and references to the area of a local planning authority are, in relation to such a board, to be construed as references to its united district).]

(4) The Assembly is the National Assembly for Wales.

(5) RSS must be construed in accordance with Part 1.

(6) This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 78(3) substituted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 16.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), ss. 15(2), 58(2)(b)(4)(b); S.I. 2015/1987, art. 4(a)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 78 in force at 1.8.2004 by S.I. 2004/1813, art. 2(f)