Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)

4 (1) The TCPA 1990 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 57(1A), after “required)” insert “and section 20(1) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (exclusion of requirement for planning permission etc. for development for which infrastructure consent is required)”.

(3) Omit sections 62D to 62L.

(4) In section 62M(4)(a) omit “, provided that the development to which it relates is not a development of national significance for the purpose of section 62D”.

(5) In section 62P—

(a) in subsection (1), omit “62D,”;

(b) in subsection (2), omit “62D or”.

(6) In section 62Q—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), omit “62D, 62F,”;

(b) in subsection (4)(a)—

(i) omit “section 62D or”;

(ii) for “the section in question” substitute “that section”;

(c) in subsection (4)(b)—

(i) omit “62F or”;

(ii) for “the section in question” substitute “that section”.

(7) In section 62R(1)—

(a) omit “62D,”;

(b) omit “62F,” in both places it occurs.

(8) In section 62S—

(a) omit “developments of national significance and”;

(b) after “Welsh Ministers” insert “under section 62M or 62O”.

(9) In section 70(1)(a), omit “section 62D(5),”.

(10) In section 70A(1)(a), as it applies in relation to Wales, omit “62D, 62F,”.

(11) In section 75A—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), omit “62D,”;

(b) in subsection (2), omit “62D,”;

(c) in subsection (3), omit “62D,”.

(12) In section 87, omit subsection (5).

(13) In section 88, omit subsection (11).

(14) In section 211 (preservation of trees in conservation areas)—

(a) in subsection (1A) after “consent” insert “or by infrastructure consent order”;

(b) in subsection (5A) after “consent” insert “or by infrastructure consent order”.

(15) In section 252—

(a) omit subsections (3A), (6B), (6C) and (6D);

(b) in subsection (12), omit the definition of “development of national significance”.

(16) In section 253(2)(aa), omit “62D, 62F,”.

(17) In section 257(4)(c), omit “62D, 62F,”.

(18) In section 284(3), omit paragraphs (aa) and (ab).

(19) In section 303—

(a) in subsection (1B)(a), omit “section 62D (developments of national significance),”;

(b) in subsection (1C)—

(i) omit paragraph (a);

(ii) in paragraph (b), omit “62D, 62F,”.

(20) In section 319B—

(a) in subsection (5A), omit “62D,”;

(b) in subsection (7), omit paragraph (za);

(c) in subsection (8A), omit “62D,”.

(21) In section 324(1), omit paragraph (bb).

(22) In section 333—

(a) in subsection (3F), omit paragraphs (b) and (c);

(b) in subsection (5C), omit “62L(9),”.

(23) In section 336(1) (interpretation), at the appropriate place, insert—

• ““infrastructure consent order has the meaning given in section 143 of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;”.

(24) In Schedule 1A, in paragraph 8(2A), omit “62D, 62F,”.

(25) In Schedule 4D—

(a) in the Schedule title, omit “DEVELOPMENTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND”;

(b) omit paragraph 1;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) omit “1 or” in both places it occurs;

(ii) omit “or consent” in both places it occurs;

(iii) omit “(as the case may be)”;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) omit “1 or” in both places it occurs;

(ii) omit “or consent” in both places it occurs;

(e) in paragraph 7, omit “or consent”;

(f) omit paragraph 8(2);

(g) in paragraph 9—

(i) omit “or consent”;

(ii) omit “paragraph 1 or”;

(h) in paragraph 10—

(i) omit “or consent” in both places it occurs;

(ii) omit “1 or”;

(i) in paragraph 11(1)—

(i) omit “or consent”;

(ii) omit “1 or”;

(j) in paragraph 11(2), omit “1 or”;

(k) in paragraph 12—

(i) omit “or consent”;

(ii) omit “1 or”;

(l) in paragraph 13—

(i) omit “or consent” in each place it occurs;

(ii) omit “1 or” in each place it occurs;

(iii) omit “, as the case may be,”;

(m) in paragraph 14, omit “or consent”.

(26) In Schedule 16, in Part 1, for “62D” substitute “62M”.