2020 No. 1004 (W. 223)
Town And Country Planning, Wales

The Planning Applications (Temporary Modifications and Disapplication) (No. 2) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Order 2020

Made
Laid before Senedd Cymru
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 61Z(8) and (9), 62(11), 62R and 333(4B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 19901, and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 59, 62(1) and (2), 71(1), (2)(a) and (2A) and 333(7) of that Act2 now
exercisable by them3 (as applied in the case of section 62(1) with modifications by the Development of National Significance (Application of Enactments) (Wales) Order 20164), make the following Order.

Title and commencement1.

(1)

The title of this Order is the Planning Applications (Temporary Modifications and Disapplication) (No. 2) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Order 2020.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 18 September 2020.

Pre-application consultation: making information available2.

(1)

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 20125 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 2G(2)(b), for “18 September 2020” substitute “8 January 2021”.

Developments of national significance: making applications3.

(1)

The Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 20166 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 12(6A)(b), for “18 September 2020” substitute “8 January 2021”.

Julie James
Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 (“the 2012 Order”) and the Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 2016 (“the 2016 Order”). It amends provisions in those Orders to extend the period during which certain requirements are modified or disapplied.

Article 2 amends article 2G(2)(b) of the 2012 Order to extend the emergency period during which the publicity and notice requirements for pre-application consultation are modified. It also extends the emergency period for the purposes of the time which community councils have to make representations on applications notified to them. The emergency period ends on 8 January 2021.

Article 3 amends article 12(6A)(b) of the 2016 Order to extend the period during which hard copies of applications for developments of national significance are not required. That period ends on 8 January 2021.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Government at Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and is published on the Welsh Government website at www.gov.wales.