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Displaying 16 - 20 of 782Town and Country Planning (Trees)(Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 548 (W. 125) of 2017).
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999, in relation to Wales in Part 1 and remove Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Order. The effect of the amendments is to require— (a) a notice of appeal to be accompanied by a full statement of case comprised of a written statement containing full particulars of the appellant’s case and copies of supporting documents; and (b) the appellant to send a copy of both the notice of appeal and full statement of case to the authority which made the tree preservation order as soon as reasonably practicable.
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (W.S.I. No. 542 (W. 120) of 2017).
This Order amend the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 Main amendments concern: the procedure in relation to applications referred to the Welsh Ministers pursuant to a direction under section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; the procedure in relation to appeals under section 78 of the 1990 Act; he procedure for appeals under section 195 of the 1990 Act (appeals against refusal or failure to give decision on application for a certificate of lawfulness of existing or proposed use or development).
Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (W.S.I. No. 547 (W. 124) of 2017).
These Regulations amend the Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Wales) Regulations 2015 in provisions on: the procedure in relation to applications referred to the Welsh Ministers pursuant to a direction under section 20 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (“the PHSA”), including provision for an applicant to submit a full statement of case within a specified timescale if the applicant so chooses; the procedure in relation to appeals under section 21 of the PHSA and against hazardous substances contravention notices.
Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (W.S.I. No. 530 (W. 113) of 2017).
These Regulations contain provisions relating to: (a) the contents of enforcement notices issued under section 172 (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the information to be provided by local planning authorities when serving copies of such notices; (b) the procedure to be followed in relation to appeals against such notices and against listed building and conservation areas enforcement notices issued under section 38(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Part 3); and (c) the application of the Regulations to such notices issued by the National
Town and Country Planning (Referred Applications and Appeals Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 544 (W. 121) of 2017).
These Regulations, together with a number of other statutory instruments made at the same time, establish a new procedure for referred applications and appeals in Wales ("referred applications" are applications for planning permission, listed building consent, conservation area consent and hazardous substances consent referred to the Welsh Ministers for determination.