Planning (Wales) Act 2026

65 Notifying community councils of applications

(1) Subsection (3) applies if a community council makes a request in writing to a planning authority asking to be notified of—

(a) all relevant planning applications, or

(b) relevant planning applications of a description specified in the request.

(2) “Relevant planning application” means an application that—

(a) is an application for planning permission or for approval of a reserved matter, and

(b) relates to land in the area of the community council.

(3) If a relevant planning application falling within the terms of the request is made to the planning authority, the authority must notify the community council of—

(a) the application, and

(b) any variation of the application accepted by the authority, unless it considers that the variation is trivial.

(4) A planning authority must comply with the duty to notify a community council of an application by sending the council—

(a) a copy of the application, or

(b) notification in writing indicating the nature of the development that is the subject of the application and identifying the land to which it relates.

(5) A planning authority must comply with the duty to notify a community council of a variation of an application by—

(a) sending the council a copy of the variation, or

(b) informing the council in writing of its general effect.

(6) Regulations may provide that, where this section requires a planning authority to notify a community council of a relevant application, the authority must—

(a) give the council an opportunity to make representations about how the application should be determined;

(b) take account of representations made by the council;

(c) notify the council of how the application has been dealt with.