The Size and Composition of Local Planning Authority Committees (Wales) Regulations 2017

• Citation: S.I. 2017/459 (W.)
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is The Size and Composition of Local Planning Authority Committees (Wales) Regulations 2017 and they come into force on 5 May 2017.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“the 1990 Act ” (“ Deddf 1990 ”) means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

“committee” (“ pwyllgor ”) includes a sub-committee of a relevant authority;

“electoral ward” (“ ward etholiadol ”) means any area for which members are elected to a local authority;

“local authority” (“ awdurdod lleol ”) means —

a county council in Wales;

a county borough council in Wales;

“multiple member ward ” (“ ward amlaelod ”) means an electoral ward in respect of which more than one member is elected for that ward; and

“relevant authority” (“ awdurdod perthnasol ”) means a relevant local planning authority .

Section 3 Size of committee

The following requirements are prescribed for the purposes of section 319ZB of the 1990 Act.

Section 4 Size of committee

(1) A relevant authority is to appoint to a committee of the authority by which a relevant function is to be discharged —

(a) no fewer than 11 of its members; and

(b) no more than 21 of its members.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to regulation 5 .

Section 5 Size of committee

(1) This regulation applies to a relevant authority which is—

(a) a county council or county borough council; or

(b) a joint planning board .

(2) The number of members appointed to a committee in accordance with regulation 4 must not exceed half of the total number of members of the relevant authority, rounded up to the nearest whole number.

Section 6 Multiple member wards

(1) In the case of a multiple member ward, only one of the local authority members of that ward is eligible for appointment to a committee of a relevant authority.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to paragraph (3).

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a local authority which is comprised solely of multiple member wards.