# The Developments of National Significance (Wales) Regulations 2016 (revoked) W.S.I. 2016/56 · made 27 January 2016 · revised to 14 December 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/developments-of-national-significance-wales-regulations-2016-revoked/pdf/wsi_20160056_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Town And Country Planning, Wales Made 27 January 2016 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 1 February 2016 Coming into force 1 March 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Title, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Electronic communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Allowing further time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Pre-Application ## 5 Qualifying applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Request for pre-application services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Duty to provide pre-application services: local planning authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Duty to provide pre-application services: Welsh Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Monitoring and statement of services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Appointment and specified functions ## 10 Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Specified functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11A Specified functions: determination by an appointed person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Determination of procedure ## 12 Prescribed period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Determination of procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Information and site visits ## 14 Representations to be taken into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Site inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Written representations ## 17 Application of Part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18A Report: determination by an appointed person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Proceeding to a decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Hearings ## 20 Application of Part 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Date and place of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Public notice of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Appointment of an assessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Participation in a hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Absence, adjournment, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Procedure at hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Hearing inappropriate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Procedure and report after a hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28A Procedure and report after a hearing: determination by an appointed person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Inquiries ## 30 Application of Part 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Pre-inquiry meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Date and place of inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Procedure at inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Inquiry inappropriate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Notice of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Quashed decisions ## 37 Procedure following quashing of a decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: National security directions ## 38 Modifications where national security direction given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Wales) Regulations 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: Secondary consents ## 40 Application of this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Application of and modification of primary legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Control of works affecting scheduled monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Placing rails, beams etc. over highways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Listed building consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Control of demolition in a conservation areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Hazardous substances consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Planning permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Highways affected by development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Deregistration and exchange of common land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Works on common land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Applications treated as nationally significant development applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Modifications where national security direction given ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Site inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Pre-inquiry meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Date and place of inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Absence, adjournment, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Procedure at inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Procedure after inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8A Procedure after inquiry: determination by an appointed person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Procedure following quashing of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Closed evidence not to be disclosed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Control of works affecting scheduled monuments ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Placing rails, beams etc. over highways Modifications to primary legislation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Listed building consent ### Part 1: Modifications to primary legislation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Modifications to secondary legislation ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Demolition in conservation areas ### Part 1: Modifications to primary legislation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Modifications to secondary legislation ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Hazardous substances consent ### Part 1: Modifications to primary legislation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Modifications to secondary legislation ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Planning permission ### Part 1: Modifications to primary legislation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Modifications to secondary legislation ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Highways affected by development ### Modifications to secondary legislation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: Deregistration and exchange of common land ### Modifications to secondary legislation ## 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