This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 in relation to Wales so as to require any application to a local planning authority in Wales for planning permission for development which involves the construction or installation of one or more antennas for the purpose of operating a telecommunications system to be accompanied by a written declaration that the equipment and installation to which the application relates is so designed that it will, when constructed or installed, operate in full compliance with the requirements of the radio frequency public exposure guidelines of the International Commission on Non-ionising Radiation Protection.

Many forms of development relating to telecommunications apparatus enjoy permitted development rights under Part 24 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. A requirement for a similar declaration to accompany applications to local planning authorities in Wales for determinations as to whether prior approval is required under that Order where such an application is required in connection with development relating to the construction or installation of one or more antennas is also being introduced by an amendment to that Order.