Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules make minor amendments to six sets of Rules.
Rule 2 amends the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1266) by making the amendments set out in (a), (b), (c) and (d) below and by substituting a new definition of “starting date”.
Rule 3 amends the Town and Country Planning (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1267) by making the amendments set out in (a), (b), (c) and (d) below and by substituting a new definition of “starting date”.
Rule 4 amends the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Hearings Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1268) by making the amendment set out in (b) below.
Rule 5 amends the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1269) by making the amendments set out in (b) and (d) below.
Rule 6 amends the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1270) by making the amendments set out in (b) and (d) below and by correcting a typographical error in the definition of “starting date”.
Rule 7 amends the Town and Country Planning (Hearings Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1271) by making the amendments set out in (a) and (b) below and by substituting a new definition of “starting date”.
These amendments —
place a duty on the Welsh Ministers (referred to in the original Rules as “the National Assembly for Wales” but now referred to as “the Welsh Ministers” in accordance with the terminology used to reflect the new devolved institutions established by the Government of Wales Act 2006) to notify the appellant and the local planning authority that they have received all the documents they require to enable them to entertain an appeal;
place a duty on the Welsh Ministers to notify the appellant and the local planning authority that the appeal is to be dealt with by holding a hearing or, as the case may be, an inquiry;
specify the period of time within which statements of case must be sent by the parties; and
specify, where a pre-inquiry meeting has been held, the period of time within which the exchange of representations between the parties must be completed.