The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Action under section 141 of the 1990 ActE+W

41.—(1) This regulation and Schedule 7 apply in relation to the exercise of functions by the Welsh Ministers under section 141(2) or (3) of the 1990 Act M1.

(2) Where the Welsh Ministers receive a purchase notice under section 139(4) of the 1990 Act, the Welsh Ministers must not modify planning permission for EIA development or direct that, if an application for planning permission for EIA development is made, it must be granted unless an environmental impact assessment has been carried out in respect of that development.

Marginal Citations

M1Section 141 of the 1990 Act enables Welsh Ministers to take certain action in relation to planning permission instead of confirming a purchase notice submitted to them pursuant to section 140 of the 1990 Act. A purchase notice may be served on a council pursuant to section 137 of the 1990 Act.