[F1Screening opinions and directionsE+W
26.—(1) An authority which is minded to make a planning application or a subsequent application in relation to which the authority would be the relevant planning authority, may adopt a screening opinion or request the Welsh Ministers to make a screening direction, and paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 6 apply to such a request as they apply to a request made pursuant to regulation 5(7).
(2) A relevant planning authority who propose to carry out development which they consider may be—
(a)development of a description specified in Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 M1 other than development of a description specified in article 3(12) of that Order; or
(b)development for which permission would be granted but for regulation 37 (new simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders),
may adopt a screening opinion or request the Welsh Ministers to make a screening direction.
(3) Paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 6 apply to such a request as they apply to a request made pursuant to regulation 5(7).
(4) A request under paragraph (1) or (2) must be accompanied by—
(a)in the case of a planning application, the documents described in regulation 5(2);
(b)in the case of a subsequent application, the documents described in regulation 5(3).
(5) An authority making a request under paragraph (1) or (2) must send to the Welsh Ministers any additional information which is requested to enable the Welsh Ministers to make a direction.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (16.5.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/567), regs. 1(2), 65(1) (subject to savings and transitional provisions in regs. 63, 65(2)-(10)) (as amended (1.4.2019) by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/299)), reg. 2(2)
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 1995/418, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.