# The Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 2016 (revoked) W.S.I. 2016/55 · made 27 January 2016 · revised to 14 December 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/developments-of-national-significance-procedure-wales-order-2016-revoked/pdf/wsi_20160055_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Town And Country Planning, Wales Made 27 January 2016 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 2 February 2016 Coming into force in accordance with article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Title, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Electronic communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Representation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Pre-application ## 5 Notification of proposed development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Acceptance of notification of proposed development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Requirement to carry out pre-application consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Publicity before applying for planning permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Consultation before applying for planning permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Duty to respond to pre-application consultation: specialist consultees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Pre-application consultation reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Applications ## 12 Applications: general requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Applications in respect of Crown land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Design and access statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Acceptance of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Notices of applications for planning permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Certificates in relation to notices of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Publicity for applications for planning permission: Welsh Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Publicity for applications for planning permission: local planning authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Register of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Representations received by the local planning authority in respect of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Consultations before the grant of permission ## 22 Duty to consult before the grant of permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Duty to respond to consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Duty to respond to consultation: annual reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Reports ## 25 Local impact reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Voluntary local impact reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Variation of applications ## 27 Procedure in respect of variation of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Determination and notification of initiation of development ## 28 Representations to be taken into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Written notice of decision relating to an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Revised notice of decision to grant planning permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Notification of initiation of development and display of notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Amendment to 2012 Order ## 32 Amendment to the 2012 Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 Publicity and consultation before applying for planning permission ## Schedule 2 ## Schedule 3 Notices under Article 16 ## Schedule 4 Publicity for applications ## Schedule 5: Duty to consult before the grant of permission ## Interpretation of Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6 Notification of initiation of development and display of notice ## Schedule 7 Notice to be displayed at all times when development is being carried out ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/55 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/developments-of-national-significance-procedure-wales-order-2016-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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