PART 3APPLYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSENT
Application procedure
36Local impact reports
(1)
A planning authority must respond to a notice given under section 34(2)(a), and may respond to a notice given under section 34(2)(b), by submitting a local impact report in respect of the application to the Welsh Ministers before the deadline specified in the notice.
(2)
A community council may respond to a notice given under section 34(2)(a) or (b) by submitting a local impact report to the Welsh Ministers before the deadline specified in the notice.
(3)
A planning authority or community council may submit a local impact report otherwise than in response to a notice given under section 34(2) before the deadline specified in publicity under section 34(3).
(4)
In this Act, a local impact report in respect of an application is a report in writing that—
(a)
gives details of the likely impact of the proposed development on the area (or a part of the area) of the local planning authority or community council submitting the report, and
(b)
complies with requirements specified in regulations about the form and content of a local impact report.