In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c.46) (applications for scheduled monument consent), after paragraph 2A insert—
“2B(1)The Welsh Ministers may refuse to entertain an application for scheduled monument consent if—
(a)within the period of 2 years ending with the date on which the application is received, the Welsh Ministers have refused a similar application; and
(b)in their opinion, there has been no significant change in any material considerations since the similar application was refused.
(2)The Welsh Ministers may refuse to entertain an application for scheduled monument consent if the application is made at a time when a similar application is under consideration.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph, an application for scheduled monument consent is to be taken to be similar to another such application only if the works to which the applications relate are, in the Welsh Ministers’ opinion, the same or substantially the same.”