# The Development Procedure (Consultees) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025, Article 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/400/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/development-procedure-consultees-wales-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2025/article-3
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