http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/567/regulation/16The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, WALES2026-06-05Expert Participation2026-06-02 These Regulations revoke and restate with amendments the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”). The 2016 Regulations consolidated and updated earlier instruments which implemented Council Directive 85/337/EEC (“the 1985 Directive”) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment in relation to town and country planning in Wales. PART 4 161Any person who intends to submit an environmental statement to the relevant planning authority or the Welsh Ministers under these Regulations may give notice to that authority or the Welsh Ministers under this paragraph.1AAny person who intends to submit an environmental statement to a specified person may give notice to the Welsh Ministers under this paragraph.2A notice under paragraph (1) or paragraph (1A) must include the information necessary to identify the land and the nature and purpose of the development, and must indicate the main environmental consequences to which the person giving the notice proposes to refer in the environmental statement.3The recipient of—asuch notice as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or paragraph (1A); orba statement or confirmation made pursuant to regulation 11(4)(a), 12(6) or 13(7), must—inotify the consultees of the name and address of the person who intends to submit an environmental statement and of the duty imposed on the consultees by paragraph (4) to make information available to that person; ...iiinform the person who intends to submit an environmental statement of the names and addresses of the consultees so notified ; andiiiin relation to a notice under paragraph (1A), notify the specified person.4Subject to paragraph (5), the relevant planning authority , specified person and any consultee notified in accordance with paragraph (3) must, if requested by the person who intends to submit an environmental statement, enter into consultation with that person to determine whether the authority , specified person or consultee has in its possession any information which that person considers, or they consider, relevant to the preparation of the environmental statement. If they have, the authority , specified person or consultee must make that information available to that person.5A relevant planning authority , specified person or consultee which receives a request for information under paragraph (4) must treat it as a request for information under regulation 5(1) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 .S.I. 2004/3391.Reg. 16(1A) inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(15)(a) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 16(2) inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(15)(b) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 16(3)(a) inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(15)(c) (with reg. 12(44))Word in reg. 16(3)(b)(i) omitted (15.12.2025) by virtue of The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(15)(d) (with reg. 12(44))Reg. 16(3)(b)(iii) and word inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(15)(e) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 16(4) inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(15)(f) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 16(5) inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 12(15)(g) (with reg. 12(44))