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The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016

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Requests for screening directions of the Welsh Ministers

6.—(1) A person who pursuant to regulation 5(7) requests the Welsh Ministers to make a screening direction (a “person making a request”) must submit with the request—

(a)a copy of the request to the relevant planning authority under regulation 5(1) and the documents which accompanied it;

(b)a copy of any notification received under regulation 5(4) and of any response sent;

(c)a copy of any screening opinion received from the authority and of any accompanying statement of reasons; and

(d)any representations that the person wishes to make.

(2) A person making a request must send to the relevant planning authority a copy of that request and the representations that person makes to the Welsh Ministers.

(3) If the Welsh Ministers consider that sufficient information to make a screening direction has not been provided, they must give notice to the person making the request.

(4) The notice must specify the points on which additional information is required.

(5) The Welsh Ministers may also request the relevant planning authority to provide such information as they can on any of those points.

(6) The Welsh Ministers must make a screening direction within 21 days beginning with the date of receipt of a request pursuant to regulation 5(7) or such longer period as may be reasonably required.

(7) The Welsh Ministers must send a copy of any screening direction made pursuant to paragraph (6) to the person who made the request as soon as reasonably practicable.

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