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

4.  Regulation 13 is to be read as if it provided—

“(1) Where a proposed local development order is EIA development, the local planning authority must state its opinion as to the information to be provided in the environmental statement (“a scoping opinion”).

(2) A scoping opinion under paragraph (1) must include—

(a) a plan sufficient to identify the land;

(b) a brief description of the nature and purpose of the development and of its possible effects on the environment; and

(c) such other information or representations as the local planning authority may wish to provide or make.

(3) An authority must not adopt a scoping opinion until they have consulted the consultees.

(4) Before adopting a screening opinion the authority must take into account—

(a) the specific characteristics of the particular development;

(b) the specific characteristics of development of the type concerned; and

(c) the environmental features likely to be affected by the development.”