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The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012

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  • reg. 17(1)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2016/912 art. 20(3) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. It applies to the Welsh text version only.)
  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Title, commencement and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 2A.Development to include certain internal operations

  3. PART 1A Pre-application consultation

    1. 2B.Requirement to carry out pre-application consultation

    2. 2C.Publicity before applying for planning permission

    3. 2D.Consultation before applying for planning permission

    4. 2E.Duty to respond to pre-application consultation: specialist consultees

    5. 2F.Pre-application consultation reports

    6. 2G.Coronavirus: temporary modifications of this Part

  4. PART 2 Applications

    1. 3.Applications for outline planning permission

    2. 4.Applications for approval of reserved matters

    3. 5.Applications for planning permission

    4. 6.Applications in respect of Crown land

    5. 7.Design and access statements

    6. 8.General provisions relating to applications

    7. 9.Declaration to accompany applications to a local planning authority for planning permission for certain electronic communications development

    8. 10.Notices of applications for planning permission

    9. 11.Certificates in relation to notices of applications for planning permission

    10. 12.Publicity for applications for planning permission

    11. 13.Reference of applications to the Welsh Ministers

  5. PART 3 Consultation

    1. 14.Consultations before the grant of permission

    2. 15.Consultations before the grant of planning permission: urgent Crown development

    3. 15ZA.Consultations before the grant of section 73 applications

    4. 15A.Duty to respond to consultation

    5. 15B.Duty to respond to consultation: annual reports

    6. 15C.Consultation in respect of certain applications relating to planning permission; time periods

    7. 15D.Information to be provided by local planning authority

    8. 15E.Substantive response to consultation

    9. 15F.Annual reports – compliance with consultation requirements

    10. 16.Representations by community councils before determination of applications

    11. 17.Notification of mineral applications

  6. PART 4 Determination

    1. 18.Directions by the Welsh Ministers

    2. 19.Development affecting certain existing and proposed highways

    3. 20.Development not in accordance with the development plan

    4. 21.Representations to be taken into account

    5. 22.Time periods for decisions

    6. 23.Applications made under planning condition

    7. 24.Written notice of decision or determination relating to a planning application

    8. 24A.Revised notice of decision to grant planning permission

    9. 24B.Notification of initiation of development and display of notice

  7. PART 5 Appeals

    1. 24C.Appeals against notice of non-validation

    2. 25.Notice of appeal under section 78 of the 1990 Act

    3. 26.Appeals under section 78 of the 1990 Act

    4. 26A.Appeal made under section 78 of the 1990 Act: Functions of a local planning authority

    5. 26B.Appeals under section 195 of the 1990 Act

    6. 26C.Variation of applications after notice of appeal

  8. PART 6 Miscellaneous

    1. 27.Local development orders

    2. 28.Certificate of lawful use or development

    3. 28A.Applications for non-material changes to planning permission

  9. PART 7 Monitoring

    1. 29.Register of applications and local development orders

    2. 30.Register of enforcement and stop notices

  10. PART 8 General

    1. 31.Directions

    2. 32.Use of electronic communications

    3. 33.Revocations, transitional provisions and savings

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Acknowledgement of Application

    2. SCHEDULE 1A

      Minor Commercial Development Uses

      1. 1.Shops

      2. 2.Financial and professional services

      3. 3.Food and drink

    3. SCHEDULE 1B

      PUBLICITY AND CONSULTATION BEFORE APPLYING FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

    4. SCHEDULE 1C

      CONSULTATION BEFORE APPLYING FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

    5. SCHEDULE 1D

      PUBLICITY AND CONSULTATION BEFORE APPLYING FOR PLANNING PERMISSION: NOTICE TO BE GIVEN DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD

    6. SCHEDULE 2

      Notices under Articles 10 and 25

    7. SCHEDULE 3

      Publicity for applications for planning permission

    8. SCHEDULE 4

      Consultations before the grant of permission

      1.   TABLE Paragraph Description of Development Consultee (a) Development likely...

      2. Interpretation of Table

    9. SCHEDULE 5

      Notification where planning permission refused or granted subject to conditions

      1. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

      2. Notification to be sent to an applicant when a local...

      3. Appeals to the Welsh Ministers

      4. Purchase Notices

    10. SCHEDULE 5A

    11. SCHEDULE 5B

    12. SCHEDULE 6

      Notice under Article 27

    13. SCHEDULE 7

      Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

    14. SCHEDULE 8

      STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS REVOKED

  12. Explanatory Note

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