{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-management-procedure-wales-order-2012/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-management-procedure-wales-order-2012/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2012/801",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-management-procedure-wales-order-2012",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Reference of applications to the Welsh Ministers",
  "text": "(1) On referring any application to the Welsh Ministers pursuant to a direction under section 77 of the 1990 Act (reference of applications to the Secretary of State), a local planning authority must as soon as reasonably practicable—\n(a) serve on the applicant a notice of reference; and\n(b) send to the Welsh Ministers a copy of the application file.\n(2) The local planning authority must send a copy of the notice of reference to the Welsh Ministers at the same time as the notice is sent to the applicant.\n(3) An applicant upon whom a notice of reference is served may choose to submit a full statement of case to the Welsh Ministers.\n(4) An applicant who so chooses must send—\n(a) the full statement of case so that it is received by the Welsh Ministers within 4 weeks beginning with the day on which the notice of reference is served;\n(b) a copy of the full statement of case to the local planning authority at the same time as it is sent to the Welsh Ministers.\n(5) In this article—\n(a) “application file” (“ffeil y cais”) means the application together with accompanying documents and all correspondence with the local planning authority relating to the application; and\n(b) “notice of reference” (“hysbysiad o atgyfeirio”) means a notice—\n(i) informing the applicant that the application has been referred to the Welsh Ministers;\n(ii) setting out the reasons given by the Welsh Ministers for issuing the direction; and\n(iii) notifying the applicant that—\n(aa) if the applicant so chooses, the applicant may submit a full statement of case to the Welsh Ministers;\n(bb) if the applicant so chooses, the full statement of case must be received by the Welsh Ministers within 4 weeks beginning with the day on which the notice of reference is served; and\n(cc) a copy of the full statement of case (if applicable) must be sent to the local planning authority at the same time as it is sent to the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 13 substituted (5.5.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/542), arts. 1(1), 4 (with art. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/801/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:08.767722+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."
}