Article 15B Duty to respond to consultation: annual reportsF1

Each consultee who is, by virtue of section 54 of the 2004 Act and article 15A, under a duty to respond to consultation must give to the Welsh Ministers, not later than 1 July in each year, beginning with the 1 July 2017, a report as to that consultee’s compliance with section 54(4) of the 2004 Act.

Each consultee who is, by virtue of article 2E, under a duty to respond to pre-application consultation must, in the report given to the Welsh Ministers in accordance with paragraph (1), include a report as to that consultee’s compliance with that article.

The report must relate to the period of 12 months commencing on 1 April in the preceding year (“the report year”).

The report must contain, in respect of any report year, a statement as to—

In this article “substantive response” means either a substantive response to the applicant or local planning authority in accordance with articles 2E or 15A.