{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2015/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2015/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2015/4",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2015",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Welsh language",
  "text": "(1) PCPA 2004 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 61 (survey), in subsection (2)(a), after “area of the authority” insert “ (including the extent to which the Welsh language is used in the area) ”.\n(3) In section 62 (local development plan), after subsection (6) (sustainability appraisal), insert—\n“(6A) The appraisal must include an assessment of the likely effects of the plan on the use of the Welsh language in the area of the authority.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 11 partly in force; s. 11 in force for specified purposes at 6.9.2015, see s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 11 in force at 4.1.2016 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1987, art. 3(a) (with art. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/4/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:20.183571+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}