Welsh Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 53 (W. 23)
Town And Country Planning, Wales
The Developments of National Significance (Specified Criteria and Prescribed Secondary Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (revoked)
Regulations revoked (14.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(a), 21(a) (with reg. 22)
[Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']
Made 27 January 2016
Coming into force 1 March 2016

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PART 1 General

Title, commencement and application
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Interpretation
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PART 2 Developments of national significance: specified criteria

Developments of national significance: general
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Generating stations
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Underground gas storage facilities
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Facilities for liquid natural gas (LNG)
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Gas reception facilities
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Airports
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Railways
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Rail freight interchanges
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Dams and reservoirs
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Transfer of water resources
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Waste water treatment plants
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Hazardous waste facilities
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PART 3 Prescribed Secondary Consents

Prescribed consents
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Highways Orders: consequential amendments
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SCHEDULE
Regulation 15
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Regulations revoked (14.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(a), 21(a) (with reg. 22)
[Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']