Scoping directions
15.—(1) A request made under this paragraph pursuant to regulation 14(7) must include—
(a)a copy of the request to the relevant planning authority under regulation 14(1);
(b)a copy of any relevant notification under regulation 14(3) and of any response;
(c)a copy of any relevant screening opinion received by the person making the request and of the accompanying statement of reasons; and
(d)any representations that the person making the request wishes to make.
(2) A person making a request must send to the relevant planning authority a copy of that request, but that copy need not include the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) to (c).
(3) If the Welsh Ministers consider that the information provided pursuant to paragraph (1) is insufficient to make a scoping direction, the Welsh Ministers must give notice to the person making the request.
(4) The notice must set out any 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—
(a)consult the consultees before making a scoping direction in response to a request under paragraph (1), and
(b)make a direction and send a copy to the person making the request and to the relevant planning authority, within 5 weeks beginning with the date of receipt of that request or such longer period as may be reasonably required.
(7) Before making a scoping direction the Welsh Ministers must take into account the matters specified in regulation 14(6).
(8) Nothing prevents the Welsh Ministers, (after they have made a scoping direction) nor the relevant planning authority from requiring the person making the request to provide additional information.
(9) “Additional information” (“gwybodaeth ychwanegol”) in paragraph (8) means information in connection with any statement that may be submitted by that person as an environmental statement for the purposes of these Regulations in connection with an application for planning permission or a subsequent application for the same development.