The Developments of National Significance (Specified Criteria and Prescribed Secondary Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Airports

8.—(1) Airport-related development is within regulation 3(1)(e) only if the development is—

(a) the construction of an airport within paragraph (2),

(b) the alteration of an airport within paragraph (3), or

(c) an increase in the permitted use of an airport within paragraph (4).

(2) The construction of an airport is within this paragraph only if the airport is expected (when constructed) to be capable of providing—

(a) air passenger transport services for at least one million passengers per year, or

(b) air cargo transport services for at least 5,000 air transport movements of cargo aircraft per year.

(3) The alteration of an airport is within this paragraph only if the alteration is expected to increase—

(a) the number of passengers for whom the airport is capable of providing air passenger transport services by at least one million per year, or

(b) the number of air transport movements of cargo aircraft for which the airport is capable of providing air cargo transport services by at least 5,000 per year.

(4) An increase in the permitted use of an airport is within this paragraph only if it is at least—

(a) one million per year in the number of passengers for whom the airport is permitted to provide air passenger transport services, or

(b) 5,000 per year in the number of air transport movements of cargo aircraft for which the airport is permitted to provide air cargo transport services.

(5) In this regulation—

“air cargo transport services” (“gwasanaethau cludiant nwyddau awyr”) means services for the carriage of cargo by air;

“air passenger transport services” (“gwasanaethau cludiant teithwyr awyr”) means services for the carriage of passengers by air;

“air transport movement” (“symudiad cludiant awyr”) means the landing or take- off of an aircraft;

“alteration” (“addasu”/“addasiad”) includes the construction, extension or alteration of—

(a)

a runway at the airport,

(b)

a building at the airport, and

(c)

a radar or radio mast, antenna or other apparatus at the airport;

“cargo” (“nwyddau”) includes mail;

“cargo aircraft” (“awyren nwyddau”) means an aircraft which is—

(a)

designed to transport cargo but not passengers, and

(b)

engaged in the transport of cargo on commercial terms.