Deddf Cynllunio (Cymru) 2015

18 Gofyniad i ddarparu gwasanaethau cyn ymgeisio

Yn DCGTh 1990, ar ôl adran 61Z (fel y’i mewnosodir gan adran 17) mewnosoder—

“61Z1 Wales: pre-application services

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the provision of pre-application services by a local planning authority in Wales or the Welsh Ministers.

(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision—

(a) about circumstances in which pre-application services are required to be provided (including provision about the form and content of requests for pre-application services, and information that is to accompany a request);

(b) about the nature of the services required to be provided, and when and how they are to be provided;

(c) for information and documents relating to services provided under the regulations, or relating to requests for such services, to be published or otherwise made available to the public, or to persons specified in the regulations, by a local planning authority or the Welsh Ministers;

(d) about other steps required to be taken by any person in connection with, or for the purposes of, the provision of services under the regulations.

(3) References in this section and section 61Z2 to pre-application services are to services provided to a person, in respect of a qualifying application proposed to be made by the person in respect of the development of land in Wales, for the purpose of assisting the person in making the application.

(4) A “qualifying application” is an application, under or by virtue of this Part, that is of a description specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

61Z2 Pre-application services: records and statement of services

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision requiring—

(a) records to be kept of requests for pre-application services;

(b) records to be kept of pre-application services provided;

(c) a statement, giving information about the range of pre-application services provided by an authority or the Welsh Ministers, to be prepared and published or otherwise made available.

(2) The regulations may, in particular, include provision about—

(a) the form and content of the records to be kept;

(b) the form and content of the statement;

(c) the way in which records are to be kept;

(d) the publication of the statement and the persons to whom, and circumstances in which, it is to be made available.

(3) Regulations under this section or section 61Z1 may contain incidental, supplementary and consequential provision.”