The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012

[F1 Duty to respond to consultation E+W

15A.— (1) The requirement to consult which is prescribed for the purposes of section 54(2)(b) of the 2004 Act (duty to respond to consultation) is that contained in article 14.

(2) For the purposes of section 54(4)(a) of the 2004 Act the period prescribed is 21 days beginning with the day on which—

(a) notice referred to in article 14(4)(a) is given; or

(b) if earlier, the date of service of a copy of the application on the consultee,

or such other period as may be agreed in writing between the consultee and the consultor.

(3) For the purposes of this article and article 15B, and pursuant to section 54(5)(c) of the 2004 Act, a substantive response is one which—

(a) states that the consultee has no comment to make;

(b) states that the consultee has no objection to the proposed development and refers the consultor to current standing advice by the consultee on the subject of the consultation;

(c) advises the consultor of any concerns identified in relation to the proposed development and how those concerns can be addressed by the applicant; or

(d) advises that the consultee objects to the proposed development and sets out the reasons for the objection.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Arts. 15A, 15B inserted (22.6.2015) by The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1330), arts. 1(1), 7 (with art. 12)