WAQ78276 (e) Tabled on 17/05/2019

Following the Minister's statement on 15th May 2019, will the Welsh Government confirm when they were made aware of the potential breach of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 1999 in relation to planning application 2015/00031/OUT?

Answered by Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government | Answered on 23/05/2019

The potential need for Environmental Impact Assessment in relation to planning application 2015/00031/OUT was raised as an issue prior to the application being determined in July 2015 and has been raised periodically since then.  It was the representations received from the Docks Incinerator Action Group in November 2017 in relation to planning application 2017/01080/FUL which led us to look again at this case. This led to the identification of the potential breach referred to in the written statement issued last week.