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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1598",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Local Development Plan) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nPart 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (“the Act”) provides for a system of local development plans (“LDPs”) in Wales.\nThese Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Local Development Plan) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2839) (“the 2005 Regulations”) which make provision in connection with the operation of that system.\nThe main changes made by these Regulations are as follows.\nRegulation 2(2)(h)(i) inserts a definition of a candidate sites register and regulation 2(2)(h)(iii) inserts a definition of a review report so that both can be included in the definition of LDP documents (as amended by regulation 2(2)(d)). These are required to be made available under regulation 17 and regulation 26B (deposit of proposals).\nRegulation 2(2)(g)(ii) amends the definition of “specific consultation bodies” to add Network Rail Infrastructure Limited to the list of bodies who must be consulted under regulations 14 and 26A.\nThe effect of regulation 2(3) is that there is no requirement to engage consultees in the preparation of a community involvement scheme nor a timetable where those documents relate to a revision of an LDP.\nRegulation 2(5)(c) inserts a requirement for the local planning authority (“LPA”) to notify certain consultees as soon as reasonably practicable after a revision to a delivery agreement is agreed or deemed to be agreed.\nRegulation 2(5)(d) prescribes the circumstances in which the LPA need not comply with the requirements of the community involvement scheme.\nRegulation 2(7) makes changes to the information required in the sub-title of the LDP.\nRegulation 2(8) adds any marine plan prepared by the Welsh Ministers to the list of matters to which the LPA must have regard in preparing an LDP. This is in addition to the matters already specified in sections 39 and 62(5) of the Act and in regulation 13. The reference to obsolete regional waste plans in that regulation is also omitted.\nRegulation 2(9) and 2(22) provide for a new short form procedure for revisions to LDPs. The new procedure is for use where the issues involved are not of sufficient significance to warrant the full procedure which also applies when preparing an initial or replacement LDP. The short form procedure is in a new Part 4A to the 2005 Regulations. Instead of pre-deposit participation involving statutory bodies there is a requirement on the LPA to notify such bodies of the subject of a proposed revision and the review report preceding it and to invite representations about what a revision should include. There is no requirement in the short form procedure on the LPA to conduct pre-deposit public consultation.\nRegulation 2(10) requires LPAs to make a call for candidate sites which can be considered for inclusion in the LDP. LPAs must also compile a candidate sites register to reflect nominations received.\nRegulation 2(12) inserts a requirement on the LPA to prepare a report of the notifications made and representations made under regulations 14 to 16. This is the report defined as the “initial consultation report”.\nRegulation 2(16) removes the procedures in regulations 20 and 21 of the 2005 Regulations relating specifically to handling site allocation representations, so that such representations are handled in the same way as any other representations.\nRegulation 2(19)(c) makes provision so that where an LDP is adopted or approved it automatically supersedes the existing LDP.\nRegulation 2(20) inserts a new regulation 25A in the 2005 Regulations to enable the LPA to adopt a revised LDP either with revisions as prepared or as modified, depending on the recommendation of the person appointed to carry out the independent examination of the proposed revisions.\nRegulation 2(24) amends regulation 30 of the 2005 Regulations so that if the Welsh Ministers give a direction under section 65(4) of the Act, it is the LPA’s responsibility to prepare an appraisal of the sustainability of the LDP or revision if it has not already done so.\nRegulation 2(29) makes provision requiring a review report to be prepared before any revision of an LDP. Such a report may be the full review report required under section 69(2) of the Act or a report of a selective review of part (or parts) of the LDP. Minor and consequential amendments are made by other paragraphs of regulation 2, including omitting all requirements to publicise matters by advertisement in a local newspaper.\nRegulation 3 makes transitional and saving provision.\nA regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations. Copies are available from the Welsh Government at Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and on the Welsh Government’ website at www.wales.gov.uk.",
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