EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the sixth commencement Order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015.

Article 2 brings the following provisions of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 into force on 4 December 2020, so far as they are not already in force—

(a)section 3 (preparing and revising the National Development Framework for Wales);

(b)section 7 (conformity of certain plans and schemes with National Development Framework and strategic development plan);

(c)section 8 (duty to consider whether to review local development plan);

(d)section 9 (National Development Framework and strategic development plan to form part of development plan);

(e)section 10 (land affected by National Development Framework or strategic development plan); and

(f)section 16 and paragraphs 15, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 34(1) and (3)(a), 35 and 36 of Schedule 2 (development planning: further amendments).