PART 1A

Pre-application consultation

Publicity before applying for planning permission
2C
1
The applicant must publicise the proposed application by—
a
giving requisite notice—
i
by site display in at least one place on or near the land to which the proposed application relates for not less than 28 days; and
ii
in writing to any owner or occupier of any land adjoining the land to which the proposed application relates; and
b
making the following information available for inspection at a location in the vicinity of the proposed development for not less than 28 days beginning with each day on which each of the notices referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or article 2D(2) are given—
i
any documents and particulars or evidence that would be required for a subsequent application, in the same or substantially the same form, to be a valid application except certificates in relation to notices of applications for planning permission required by article 11;
ii
a plan which identifies the land to which the proposed application relates;
iii
any other plans, drawings and information necessary to describe the development which is the subject of the proposed application;
iv
in a case to which article 7 applies, the design and access statement; and
v
subject to article 8(2), the particulars or evidence required by the local planning authority under section 62(3) of the 1990 Act.
2
Any plans or drawings required to be provided by paragraph (1)(b)(ii) or (iii) must be drawn to an identified scale and, in the case of plans, must show the direction of north.
3
The applicant must have complied with paragraph (1) before an application is submitted.
4
Where the notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(i) is, without any fault or intention of the applicant, removed obscured or defaced before the period of 28 days has elapsed, the applicant will be treated as having complied with the requirements of the relevant paragraph if the applicant has taken reasonable steps to protect the notice and, if need be, replace it.
5
In this article “requisite notice” (“
hysbysiad gofynnol
”) means notice in the form set out in Schedule 1B or in a form substantially to the like effect.
Pt. 1A inserted (16.3.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/59), arts. 1(2), 4(1) (with art. 15(1))