# The Development Procedure (Consultees) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 W.S.I. 2025/400 · made 26 March 2025 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”) in relation to pre-application consultation and consultation before the grant of planning permission. Made under: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (Section 59, Section 74, Section 61Z, Section 62R, Section 333) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/development-procedure-consultees-wales-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2025/pdf/wsi_20250400_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Town And Country Planning, Wales Made 26 March 2025 Laid before Senedd Cymru 31 March 2025 Coming into force 21 April 2025 The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 59(1), (2)(b) and (3)(a) and 74(1)(c) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and now exercisable by them, and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 61Z(8) and (9), 62R and 333(5B) of that Act, make the following Order. ## 1 Title, coming into force and interpretation (1) The title of this Order is the Development Procedure (Consultees) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025. (2) It comes into force on 21 April 2025. (3) In this Order– “the 2012 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2012”) means the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012; “the 2016 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2016”) means the Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 2016. ## 2 Amendment of the 2012 Order (1) Schedule 4 to the 2012 Order is amended as follows. (2) In the table, for row (x) substitute— “ (x) Development – (i) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2; (ii) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3; (iii)On land within TAN 15 Defended Zones. The Natural Resources Body for Wales ” (3) Under the heading “Interpretation of Table”, for paragraph (n) substitute— “(n) in paragraph (x)– “Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 2”) means an area with less than a 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers and less than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea but greater than 1 in 1000 chance of flooding from rivers and the sea in a given year, including climate change; “Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 3”) means an area with a greater than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers in a given year, including climate change, and a greater than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea in a given year, including climate change; “TAN 15 Defended Zones” (“Parthau Amddiffynedig TAN 15”) means areas where flood risk management infrastructure provides a minimum standard of protection against flooding of 1 in 100 from rivers and 1 in 200 from the sea (plus climate change and freeboard) as set out in the Flood Map for Planning published by Natural Resources Wales”. ## 3 Amendment of the 2016 Order (1) Schedule 5 to the 2016 Order is amended as follows. (2) In the table, for row (u) substitute— “ (u) Development – (i) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2; (ii) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3; (iii) On land within TAN 15 Defended Zones. The Natural Resources Body for Wales ” (3) Under the heading “Interpretation of Table”, for paragraph (j) substitute— “in paragraph (u)— (i) “Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 2”) means an area with less than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers and less than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea but greater than 1 in 1000 chance of flooding from rivers and the sea in a given year, including climate change; (ii) “Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 3”) means an area with a greater than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers in a given year, including climate change, and a greater than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea in a given year, including climate change; (iii) “TAN 15 Defended Zones” (“Parthau Amddiffynedig TAN 15”) means areas where flood risk management infrastructure provides a minimum standard of protection against flooding of 1 in 100 from rivers and 1 in 200 from the sea (plus climate change and freeboard) as set out in the Flood Map for Planning published by Natural Resources Wales”. ## Signature Rebecca Evans Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, one of the Welsh Ministers 26 March 2025 ## 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”) in relation to pre-application consultation and consultation before the grant of planning permission. Article 2 amends the table in Schedule 4 to the 2012 Order (consultations before the grant of planning permission) to substitute the category of development at risk of flooding on which the Natural Resources Body for Wales are to be consulted (article 2(2) and (3)). Article 3 amends the table in Schedule 5 to the 2016 Order (duty to consult before grant of planning permission) to substitute the category of development at risk of flooding on which the Natural Resources Body for Wales are to be consulted (article 3(2) and (3)). 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, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/400 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/development-procedure-consultees-wales-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2025 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.