Regulation 5 Service of notice of application where there is no relevant planning authorityI1

This regulation applies where no part of the place to which an application relates is within the area of a relevant planning authority.

Where in the applicant's opinion any local planning authority in England and Wales or F1any district council in Northern Ireland is likely to have an interest in the application, the applicant must serve notice of the application upon that body and, within seven days of such service, inform the Welsh Ministers in writing of its identity and provide them with a copy of the notice.

Where, in the applicant's opinion, no such body as is mentioned in paragraph (2) is likely to have an interest in the application, the applicant must inform the Welsh Ministers of that fact.

Where in the Welsh Ministers' opinion any local planning authority in England and Wales or F2any district council in Northern Ireland is likely to have an interest in the application, the Welsh Ministers may, unless they have received a notice under paragraph (2) to the effect that a notice of the application has been served on that body, direct that the applicant must serve notice of an application upon that body.