The Developments of National Significance (Specified Criteria and Prescribed Secondary Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Made: 27 January 2016

Coming into force: 1 March 2016

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PART 1 — General

Title, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Developments of national significance: specified criteria

Developments of national significance: general

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Generating stations

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Underground gas storage facilities

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Facilities for liquid natural gas (LNG)

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Gas reception facilities

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Airports

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Railways

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Rail freight interchanges

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Dams and reservoirs

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Transfer of water resources

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Waste water treatment plants

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Hazardous waste facilities

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PART 3 — Prescribed Secondary Consents

Prescribed consents

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Highways Orders: consequential amendments

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SCHEDULE

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Signed

Carl Sargeant — Minister for Natural Resources, one of the Welsh Ministers — 27 January 2016

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 8. Section 62D was inserted by section 19, and section 62H was inserted by section 20, of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4).

[^f00002]: Section 333 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was amended by section 55 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Planning (Wales) Act 2015. There are other amendments to section 333 not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00003]: The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1995/418.

[^f00005]: Article 3 was amended by: regulations 34(1) and 35(3) and (4) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/293); regulation 15(3) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1793) and section 76 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27). There are amendments to Schedule 2 not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00006]: 1993 c. 43. Section 8 was amended by: section 216 of, and paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 17 to, the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38); section 16 of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to, the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20); and by sections 1 and 59 of, and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, and Part 1 of Schedule 13 to, the Railways Act 2005 (c. 14).

[^f00007]: There are amendments to section 83(1) not relevant to this regulation.

[^f00008]: 2006 c. 46. See section 1159.

[^f00009]: 1991 c. 56. Section 6 was amended by section 36 of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37). There are other amendments to section 6 not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00010]: S.I. 1994/2841. There are amendments to regulation 2(1) not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00011]: S.I.2005/894. See regulation 5.

[^f00012]: 1979 c. 46. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672) (“the 1999 Order”). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 (“Schedule 11”) to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).

[^f00013]: 1980 c. 66. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1999 Order. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of the 2006 Act and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11.

[^f00014]: 1990 c. 9. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1999 Order. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of the 2006 Act and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11.

[^f00015]: Section 74(1) was amended by section 63 of, and paragraphs 7, 12(1) and (2) of Schedule 17 to, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24).

[^f00016]: 1990 c. 10. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1999 Order. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of the 2006 Act and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11.

[^f00017]: Section 13(7) was repealed by sections 144 and 162 of, paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 13 and Part VII of Schedule 16 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).

[^f00018]: Section 17(3) was inserted by section 79(4) of, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5).

[^f00019]: See section 92(1) of the 1990 Act for the definition of “outline planning permission”.

[^f00020]: Section 247(1) was amended by article 5(b) of S.I. 2006/1281. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00021]: There are amendments to section 248(2) not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00022]: Section 251(1) has effect as if a National Park Authority were a local authority for the purposes of the 1990 Act, by virtue of section 65 of, and paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 8 to, the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).

[^f00023]: 2006 c. 26. See section 61(1) for the definition of “appropriate national authority”.

[^f00024]: Development in Wales is also of national significance if it is specified as such in the National Development Framework, see section 62D(4) of the 1990 Act.

Editorial notes

[^key-bf4a9cec2e852b2701a73b0c2e992c8b]: Regulations revoked (14.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(a), 21(a) (with reg. 22) [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']