The Land Compensation Development (Wales) Order 2012

Application for and issue of certificates

3.—(1) An application to a local planning authority for a certificate under section 17 must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) include a plan or map sufficient to identify the land to which the application relates; and

(c) comply with the requirements of section 17(3).

(2) The time within which a certificate is to be issued by a local planning authority will, subject to the provisions of section 17(4), be two months from the receipt of such an application by them.

(3) If a local planning authority issue a certificate otherwise than for development described in the application made to them, or contrary to representations in writing made to them by a party directly concerned(1), they must in that certificate include a statement in writing of their reasons for doing so and give particulars of the manner in which and the time within which an appeal may be made under section 18.

(1)

See section 22(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33) for the meaning of “the parties directly concerned”.