Sch 5 para 2 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012
(1) The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 is amended as follows. (2) In the Table in Schedule 4 (consultations before the grant of permission), in paragraph (x)— (a) for the words in the second column (description of development) substitute— Development— (i) involving the siting of new establishments; (ii) consisting of modifications to existing establishments covered by Article 11 of Directive 2012/18/EU; or (iii) which is new, including transport routes, locations of public use and residential areas in the vicinity of existing establishments, where the siting or development may be the source of or increase the risk or consequences of a major accident. (b) for the words in the third column (consultee) substitute— The COMAH competent authority, and in relation to development falling within paragraph (iii), any person who is, according to the register held by the hazardous substances authority under regulation 22 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Wales) Regulations 2015, the person who is in control of the land on which any existing establishment in question is located (c) in Schedule 4 in the paragraph dealing with the Interpretation of Table, for paragraph (k) substitute— (k) in paragraph (x)— (i) expressions appearing both in that paragraph and in Directive 2012/18/EU have the same meaning as in that Directive; and (ii) “ COMAH competent authority ” (“ awdurdod COMAH cymwys ”) means— (aa) in relation to a relevant nuclear site, the Office of Nuclear Regulation and the Natural Resources Body for Wales, acting jointly; (bb) otherwise, the Health and Safety Executive and the Natural Resources Body for Wales acting jointly.