Rule 7 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Hearings Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003

in rule 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “starting date” substitute—

• ““starting date” means the date of the notice given by the Welsh Ministers under rule 3A or the date of the relevant notice, whichever is the later;”;

after rule 3 (application of these Rules), insert—

“3A.

When the Welsh Ministers have received all the documents they require to enable them to entertain the appeal, they must, as soon as practicable thereafter, give written notice of that fact to the local planning authority and the appellant.”; and

in rule 4, before paragraph (1) (preliminary information to be supplied by the local planning authority) insert—

“(A)

Where the Welsh Ministers propose to determine the appeal by holding a hearing, they must send a copy of the relevant notice to the local planning authority and the appellant.”.