http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/567/regulation/19The 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 5 191Where an application for planning permission or a subsequent application has been made without an environmental statement and the applicant proposes to submit such a statement, the applicant must, before submitting it, comply with paragraphs (2) to (5).2The applicant must publish in a local newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land is situated a notice stating—athe applicant's name, that an application is being made for planning permission or subsequent consent and the name and address of the relevant planning authority or specified person;bthe date on which the application was made and, if it be the case, that it has been referred to the Welsh Ministers for determination or is the subject of an appeal to the Welsh Ministers;cthe address or location and the nature of the proposed development;dthat—ia copy of the application, any accompanying plan and other documents, and a copy of the environmental statement, andiiin the case of a subsequent application, a copy of the planning permission or infrastructure consent order in respect of which that application has been made and supporting documents,may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours;ean address in the locality in which the land is situated at which those documents may be inspected, and the latest date on which they are available for inspection (being a date not less than 30 days later than the date on which the notice is published);fdetails of a website maintained by or on behalf of the relevant planning authority or specified person on which the environmental statement and other documents may be inspected, and the latest date on which they will be available for access (being a date not less than 30 days later than the date on which the notice is published);gan address (whether or not the same as that given under sub-paragraph (e)) in the locality in which the land is situated at which copies of the statement may be obtained;hthat copies may be obtained there so long as stocks last;iif a charge is to be made for a copy, the amount of the charge;jthat any person wishing to make representations about the application should make them, before the later of the dates stated in accordance with sub-paragraph (e) or (f), to the relevant planning authority , specified person or (in the case of an application referred to the Welsh Ministers or an appeal) to the Welsh Ministers; andkin the case of an application referred to the Welsh Ministers or an appeal, the address, including an electronic address, to which representations should be sent.3An applicant who is notified under regulation 11(2), 12(4) or 13(6) of such a person as mentioned in any of those regulations must serve a notice on every such person; and the notice must contain the information specified in paragraph (2).4The applicant must, where it has the right to, or can reasonably acquire the right to, post on the land a notice containing the information specified in paragraph (2).5The notice mentioned in paragraph (4) must—abe left in position for not less than 7 days in the 28 days immediately preceding the date of the submission of the statement; andbbe affixed firmly to some object on the land and sited and displayed in such a way as to be easily visible to, and readable by, members of the public without going on to the land.6The environmental statement, when submitted, must be accompanied by—aa copy of the notice mentioned in paragraph (2) certified by or on behalf of the applicant as having been published in a named newspaper on a date specified in the certificate; andba certificate by or on behalf of the applicant which states either—ithat a notice was posted on the land in compliance with this regulation and when this was done, and that the notice was left in position for not less than 7 days in the 28 days immediately preceding the date of the submission of the statement, or that, without any fault or intention on the applicant's part, it was removed, obscured or defaced before 7 days had elapsed and the applicant took reasonable steps for its protection or replacement, specifying the steps taken; oriithat the applicant was unable to comply with paragraphs (4) and (5) because the applicant did not have the necessary rights to do so; that any reasonable steps available to acquire those rights have been taken but unsuccessfully, specifying the steps taken.7Where an applicant indicates that the applicant proposes to provide a statement in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1), the relevant planning authority, specified person, the Welsh Ministers or the inspector, as the case may be, must (unless disposed to refuse the permission or subsequent consent sought) suspend consideration of the application or appeal until receipt of the statement and the other documents mentioned in paragraph (6); and must not determine the application or appeal during the period of 30 days beginning with the last date on which the statement and the other documents so mentioned are published in accordance with this regulation.8Where it is proposed to submit an environmental statement in connection with an appeal, this regulation applies as if references to the applicant were references to the appellant.Words in reg. 19 heading 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(18) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 19(2)(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(19)(a) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 19(2)(d)(ii) 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(19)(b) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 19(2)(f) 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(19)(c) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 19(2)(j) 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(19)(d) (with reg. 12(44))Words in reg. 19(7) 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(19)(e) (with reg. 12(44))