The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Undetermined Reviews of Old Mineral Permissions) (Wales) Regulations 2009

Evidence E+W

27.—(1) A relevant mineral planning authority or the Welsh Ministers may by notification in writing require an applicant or appellant to produce such evidence as they may reasonably call for to verify–

(a) any screening information;

(b) any scoping information;

(c) any information in an environmental statement;

(d) any further information;

(e) any other information,

submitted by the applicant or, as the case may be, by the appellant.

(2) A relevant mineral planning authority or the Welsh Ministers may by notification in writing, require an operator to produce such evidence as they may reasonably call for to verify any screening information, scoping information, specified information or any further information submitted by the operator pursuant to a written notification given under these Regulations.

(3) Written notification given under paragraph (1) or (2) must be accompanied by written notification of the matters set out in paragraph 16 of Schedule 3

(4) Evidence required pursuant to a written notification given under paragraph (1) or (2) must be provided within 6 weeks beginning with the date of the notification or such longer period as may be agreed in writing with the authority or the Welsh Ministers (“the relevant period”).

(5) If evidence required pursuant to a written notification given under paragraph (1) or (2) is not provided within the relevant period the planning permission to which the EIA application relates ceases to authorise any minerals development from the end of the relevant period.

(6) A written notification given under paragraph (1) or (2) does not preclude a relevant mineral planning authority or the Welsh Ministers from giving a further written notification under those paragraphs or under regulation 26 (further information).

(7) A relevant mineral planning authority or the Welsh Ministers may withdraw a written notification given under paragraph (1) or (2) at any time before the expiration of the relevant period.