The Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Applications for Consent) (Wales) Regulations 2019

Publication of notice of application

7.—(1) The applicant must publish notice of an application—

(a) in two successive weeks in one or more local newspapers which are likely to come to the attention of those likely to be affected by the proposed development;

(b) in Lloyd’s List and in one or more national newspapers;

(c) if there are in circulation one or more appropriate fishing trade journals which are published at intervals not exceeding one month, in at least one such trade journal; and

(d) in the London Gazette.

(2) The notice must describe, by reference to a map, the place to which the application relates, and must provide that the map may be inspected, during normal office hours, by members of the public either—

(a) at the offices—

(i) of any relevant planning authority upon whom the applicant serves notice of the application under regulation 4; or

(ii) of each local planning authority in Wales upon whom the applicant serves notice of the application under regulation 5(2) or pursuant to a direction of the Welsh Ministers under regulation 5(4); or

(b) at an address which is reasonably accessible to those likely to be affected by the consent applied for if it is granted.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to an application for an extension or change in the manner of operation where the Welsh Ministers—

(a) consider the extension or change to be of a minor character; and

(b) give a direction dispensing with the requirements of those paragraphs.