The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection

23.—(1) Where particulars of a planning application or a subsequent application are placed on Part 1 of the register, the relevant planning authority must take steps to secure that there is also placed on that Part a copy of any—

(a) screening opinion;

(b) screening direction;

(c) scoping opinion;

(d) scoping direction;

(e) notification given under regulation 10(1), 11(2) or 12(4);

(f) direction under regulation 4(4);

(g) environmental statement, including any further information and any other information;

(h) statement of reasons accompanying any of the above.

(2) Where the relevant planning authority—

(a) adopt a screening opinion or scoping opinion; or

(b) receive a request under regulation 13(1) or 14(1), a copy of a screening direction, scoping direction, or direction under regulation 4(4) before an application is made for planning permission or subsequent consent for the development in question,

the authority must take steps to secure that a copy of the opinion, request, or direction and any accompanying statement of reasons are made available for public inspection at all reasonable hours at the place where the appropriate register (or relevant section of that register) is kept.

(3) Copies of the documents referred to in paragraph (2) must remain so available for a period of two years from the date on which they are placed on the register.