PART 10Unauthorised Development
Screening directions46
1
Any person on whom a regulation 45 notice is served may, within 21 days beginning with the date the notice is served, apply to the Welsh Ministers for a screening direction.
2
An application for a screening direction must be accompanied by—
a
a copy of the regulation 45 notice;
b
a copy of the enforcement notice which it accompanied; and
c
the information required under, and representations made in accordance with, regulation 6(2), which must be prepared by the applicant in compliance with regulation 6(4).
3
At the same time as applying to the Welsh Ministers, the applicant must send to the authority by whom the regulation 45 notice was served, a copy of the application and of the information and any representations provided or made in accordance with paragraph (2)(c).
4
If the Welsh Ministers consider that the information provided in accordance with paragraph (2) is insufficient to make a direction, they must notify the applicant and the authority of the matters in respect of which additional information is required; and the information so requested must be provided by the applicant within such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice.
5
Regulation 7(6) to (8) applies to a direction sought pursuant to paragraph (1).
6
The Welsh Ministers must send a copy of the direction to the applicant.
7
Where the Welsh Ministers direct that the matters which are alleged to constitute the breach of planning control do not comprise or include EIA development, they must send a copy of the direction to every person to whom a copy of the regulation 45 notice was sent.