What decision making powers does the Welsh Government have regarding the proposals for locating a Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability array in Cawdor Barracks, Brawdy, Pembrokeshire?
Development by the Ministry for Defence requires planning permission in the same way as other development. Planning applications are submitted to the local planning authority in the first instance unless they meet the criteria for a development of national significance (DNS). DNS applications are submitted directly to the Welsh Ministers.
If a planning application is submitted to a local planning authority, the Welsh Ministers have powers to “call-in” the application to determine it themselves. Planning Policy Wales sets out the Welsh Government’s policy, that calling-in an application is generally only considered appropriate where a proposal raises planning issues of more than local importance.