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General principles of the Planning (Wales) Bill
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Friday, 10 October 2014 to Friday, 7 November 2014
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- PB 01 Tenovus
PDF 434 KB
- PB 02 Sian Elin Jones (Welsh only)
PDF 20 KB View as HTML (2) 17 KB
- PB 03 Pembrokeshire Access Group
PDF 175 KB View as HTML (3) 9 KB
- PB 04 Three
PDF 271 KB View as HTML (4) 26 KB
- PB 05 Dathlu'r Gymraeg (Welsh only)
PDF 354 KB View as HTML (5) 17 KB
- PB 06 Dyfodol i'r Iaith (Welsh only)
PDF 179 KB View as HTML (6) 20 KB
- PB 07 Welsh national park authorities
PDF 168 KB View as HTML (7) 22 KB
- PB 08 Institution of Civil Engineers Wales
PDF 118 KB View as HTML (8) 17 KB
- PB 09 Various local authority leaders
PDF 100 KB View as HTML (9) 17 KB
- PB 10 Leonard Cheshire Disability
PDF 275 KB View as HTML (10) 39 KB
- PB 11 Commissioner for Sustainable Futures
PDF 201 KB View as HTML (11) 11 KB
- PB 12 Institute for Archaeologists
PDF 404 KB View as HTML (12) 16 KB
- PB 13 Mobile Operators Association (MOA)
PDF 251 KB View as HTML (13) 23 KB
- PB 14 Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
PDF 555 KB
- PB 15 Open Spaces Society
PDF 1 MB
- PB 16 Wales Environment Link.doc
PDF 255 KB View as HTML (16) 68 KB
- PB 17 Ceredigion County Council
PDF 447 KB
- PB 18 Association of Convenience Stores
PDF 188 KB View as HTML (18) 18 KB
- PB 19 Campaign for National Parks
PDF 384 KB
- PB 20 Taylor Wimpey UK Limited
PDF 3 MB
- PB 21 Redrow Homes
PDF 329 KB View as HTML (21) 39 KB
- PB 22 RNIB Cymru
PDF 149 KB View as HTML (22) 10 KB
- PB 23 Renewable UK Cymru
PDF 462 KB
- PB 24 Royal Town Planning Institute
PDF 321 KB View as HTML (24) 50 KB
- PB 25 Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit
PDF 503 KB
- PB 26 Disability Wales
PDF 239 KB View as HTML (26) 30 KB
- PB 27 Planning Aid Wales
PDF 154 KB View as HTML (27) 20 KB
- PB 28 The Llandaff Society
PDF 247 KB
- PB 29 RWE Group
PDF 236 KB
- PB 30 National Trust Wales
PDF 169 KB View as HTML (30) 16 KB
- PB 31 Vattenfall
PDF 2 MB
- PB 32 RSPB
PDF 295 KB View as HTML (32) 49 KB
- PB 33 Federation of Small Businesses
PDF 659 KB
- PB 34 Home Builders Federation
PDF 268 KB View as HTML (34) 52 KB
- PB 35 Boyer Planning
PDF 199 KB
- PB 36 Welsh Language Commissioner
PDF 2 MB
- PB 37 Pembrokeshire County Council
PDF 713 KB
- PB 38 Mentrau Iaith Cymru (Welsh Only)
PDF 267 KB View as HTML (38) 68 KB
- PB 39 Natural Resources Wales
PDF 120 KB
- PB 40 BMA Cymru Wales
PDF 75 KB
- PB 41 Tidal Lagoon Power
PDF 320 KB
- PB 42 Severn Trent Water
PDF 122 KB
- PB 43 Energy UK
PDF 249 KB
- PB 44 Friends of the Earth Cymru
PDF 316 KB View as HTML (44) 71 KB
- PB 45 Community Housing Cymru
PDF 60 KB
- PB 46 UK Environmental Law Association
PDF 121 KB View as HTML (46) 44 KB
- PB 47 Gareth Young
PDF 93 KB View as HTML (47) 3 KB
- PB 48 Guide Dogs Cymru
PDF 121 KB View as HTML (48) 43 KB
- PB 49 Cylch yr Iaith (Welsh only)
PDF 157 KB View as HTML (49) 10 KB
- PB 50 Aldi
PDF 338 KB
- PB 51 Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh only)
PDF 237 KB
- PB 52 RICS
PDF 375 KB
- PB 53 Planning Officers Society for Wales
PDF 151 KB View as HTML (53) 24 KB
- PB 54 Welsh Local Government Association
PDF 184 KB View as HTML (54) 57 KB
- PB 55 The Law Society of England and Wales
PDF 459 KB View as HTML (55) 76 KB
- PB 56 Welsh Planning Consultants Forum
PDF 85 KB View as HTML (56) 32 KB
- PB 57 Sustrans (Saesneg yn Unig)
PDF 88 KB
- PB 58 CLA
PDF 89 KB View as HTML (58) 10 KB
- PB 59 Mentrau Iaith Cymru additional evidence (Welsh Only)
PDF 81 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The
Environment and Sustainability
Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the general
principles of the Planning
(Wales) Bill.
The
terms of reference for the inquiry are to consider—
- The general principles of the Planning
(Wales) Bill including the need for legislation in the following areas:
- The
requirement
to produce a national land use plan, to be known as the National Development Framework;
- The
creation of Strategic Development Plans to tackle larger-than-local
cross-boundary issues;
- Changes
to Local Development Plan procedures;
- Front-loading
the development management process by making provision for
pre-application services;
- Introducing
a new category of development to be known as Developments of National
Significance that are to be determined by Welsh Ministers;
- Streamlining
the development management system;
- Changes
to enforcement and appeal procedures; and
- Changes in relation to applications to register town and village greens.
- Any potential barriers to the
implementation of these provisions and whether the Bill takes account of
them;
- The Committee’s pre-legislative
scrutiny of the Draft Planning (Wales) Bill and the extent to which the
revised Bill takes account of the Committee’s recommendations;
- Whether there are any unintended
consequences arising from the Bill;
- The financial implications of the Bill
(as set out in Part 2 of the Explanatory Memorandum, the Regulatory Impact
Assessment, which estimates the costs and benefits of implementation of
the Bill);
- The appropriateness of the powers in
the Bill for Welsh Ministers to make subordinate legislation (as set out
in Chapter 5 of Part 1 of the Explanatory Memorandum, which contains a
table summarising the powers for Welsh Ministers to make subordinate
legislation); and
- The measurability of outcomes from the
Bill, i.e. what arrangements are in place to measure and demonstrate the
fulfilment of the Welsh Government’s intended outcomes from making this
law.
Invitation to contribute
to the inquiry
The
Committee welcomes evidence from both individuals and organisations.
We
will be holding oral evidence sessions during the second half of the autumn
term 2014, so it would be helpful if you could indicate in your submission
whether you would be prepared to give oral evidence, if invited.
Generally,
we ask for submissions to be made in writing, because it is normal practice for
the National Assembly to publish evidence provided to a Committee on our
internet site, so that it becomes part of the public record. Please let us know
if you have any objections to our publishing your evidence. We are also able to
accept evidence in audio or video format.
The
Committee welcomes contributions in English or Welsh, and we ask organisations
with Welsh Language policies / schemes to provide bilingual responses, where applicable,
in line with their public information policies.
If
you wish to submit evidence, please send an electronic copy of your submission
to: SeneddEnv@Assembly.Wales.
Alternatively,
you can write to:
The
Committee Clerk
Environment and Sustainability Committee
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay, CF99 1NA.
Submissions
should arrive by Friday 7 November 2014
and should preferably be no longer than six pages of A4, have numbered
paragraphs and be in Word format. It may not be possible to take into account
responses received after this date.
Disclosure of
Information
You
can find details about how we will use your information at www.assemblywales.org/help/privacy/help-inquiry-privacy.htm.
Please ensure that you have considered these details carefully before
submitting information to the Committee.
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565