The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2021

Made: 5 January 2021

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 58(4) and (5) of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015[^f00001].

Title

1

The title of this Order is the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2021.

Provisions coming into force on 7 January 2021

2

The appointed date for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015, so far as those provisions are not already in force is 7 January 2021—

• (a) sections 5 and 6,

• (b) Schedule 1, paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9, and

• (c) Schedule 2, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10(1) to (6), 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 and 34(2) and (3)(b).

Signed

Julie James — Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers — 5 January 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This is the seventh commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”).

Article 2 brings the following provisions of the 2015 Act into force on 7 January 2021, so far as they are not already in force—

• (a) section 5 (strategic planning areas: survey),

• (b) section 6 (preparing and revising strategic development plans),

• (c) paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Schedule 1 (strategic planning panels), and

• (d) paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10(1) to (6), 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 and 34(2) and (3)(b) of Schedule 2 (development planning: further amendments).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2015 anaw 4.