http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/62QTown and Country Planning Act 1990An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to town and country planning (excluding special controls in respect of buildings and areas of special architectural or historic interest and in respect of hazardous substances) with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.1990-05-24texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-09-22Expert Participation2026-09-14 Part III Control over development<Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-9de29e6f6d4db0a255b66c4fdf4d707c-1561383634759" CommentaryRef="key-9de29e6f6d4db0a255b66c4fdf4d707c">Applications made to Welsh Ministers: general</Addition></Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-9de29e6f6d4db0a255b66c4fdf4d707c-1561383634759" CommentaryRef="key-9de29e6f6d4db0a255b66c4fdf4d707c">Notifying community councils of applications made to Welsh Ministers</Addition>62Q1This section applies if—aan application is made to the Welsh Ministers under section ... 62M or 62O, andba community council would be entitled under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A to be notified of the application (requirement to notify community council of certain planning applications).2The Welsh Ministers (instead of the local planning authority) must notify the community council of the application, as specified in paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 1A.3The relevant local planning authority must comply with any request made by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of this section to supply information to them about requests received by the authority under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1A.4The “relevant local planning authority”, for this purpose, is—ain the case of an application under section ... section 62M, the local planning authority to which (but for that section) the application would have been made;bin the case of an application under section ... 62O which (but for that section) would have been made to a local planning authority, that authority.Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) except ss. 76, 90(2)(5) applied (with modifications) (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1492, regs. 2(1)(b), 3-11 Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106): power to modify conferred (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 171(1)(a); S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3 Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) applied (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 42, s. 24(1) (with ss. 2, 30(1), Sch. 2 para.9) Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) extended (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 96(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2765, art. 2 Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III paras. 15(1), 20 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 9(1)(2) Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 51 Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (2.4.2004) by The Docklands Light Railway (Woolwich Arsenal Extension) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/757), art. 20(1)Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (31.10.2005) by The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2721), art. 4Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (25.11.2005) by The Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3105), art. 21(1) (with arts. 3(5), 15(3)) Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) applied (7.6.2006) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), ss. 89, 121, Sch. 4 para. 3(2) (with s. 111); S.I. 2006/1281, art. 2Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (22.11.2006) by The Docklands Light Railway (Stratford International Extension) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2905), art. 17(1) (with art. 43)Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (13.12.2006) by The Luton Dunstable Translink Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3118), art. 18(1)Pt. 3 (ss. 55-106) modified (4.5.2005) by The Telford Railfreight Terminal (Donnington) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1163), art. 25(2) (with art. 30)Pt. 3 modified (23.8.2007) by The Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement and 2012 Games Preparation) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2297), art. 17(1) (with arts. 3(6), 12(3))Pt. 3 modified (28.9.2007) by The London Gateway Logistics and Commercial Centre Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2657), art. 27(1) (with art. 19, Sch. 3 para. 13(2))Pt. 3 modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), s. 10(1)Pt. 3 modified (14.10.2008) by The Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2512), art. 34(1) (with art. 36(3))Pt. 3 modified (20.7.2010) by The Network Rail (Nuneaton North Chord) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1721), art. 28(1)Pt. 3 modified (27.8.2010) by The Llangollen and Corwen Railway Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2136), art. 11(1)Pt. 3 modified (11.1.2023) by The Network Rail (Cambridge South Infrastructure Enhancements) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1406), arts. 1, 35(2) (with art. 34(2), Sch. 12 paras. 5, 47, 79)Pt. 3 applied (1.2.2011) by The River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/41), arts. 1, 47(1) (with art. 51, Sch. 10 paras. 68, 85)Ss. 62P, 62Q and cross-heading inserted (W.) (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 for specified purposes) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), ss. 24, 58(2)(b)(4)(b); S.I. 2016/52, art. 3(a)Pt. 3 modified (21.4.2011) by The Network Rail (Hitchin (Cambridge Junction)) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1072), arts. 1, 36(2)Pt. 3 applied (5.4.2017) by The Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/433), arts. 1, 38(2)Words in s. 62Q(1)(a) omitted (W.) (15.12.2025) by virtue of Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3), s. 147(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(6)(a) (with ss. 84(5), 146(10)); S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)Words in s. 62Q(4)(a) omitted (W.) (15.12.2025) by virtue of Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3), s. 147(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(6)(b)(i) (with ss. 84(5), 146(10)); S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)Words in s. 62Q(4)(a) substituted (W.) (15.12.2025) by Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3), s. 147(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(6)(b)(ii) (with ss. 84(5), 146(10)); S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)Words in s. 62Q(4)(b) omitted (W.) (15.12.2025) by virtue of Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3), s. 147(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(6)(c)(i) (with ss. 84(5), 146(10)); S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)Words in s. 62Q(4)(b) substituted (W.) (15.12.2025) by Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3), s. 147(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(6)(c)(ii) (with ss. 84(5), 146(10)); S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)