s 58 Objectivity and bias
(1) Where a local planning authority or the Welsh Ministers have a duty under these Regulations, they must perform that duty in an objective manner and so as not to find themselves in a situation giving rise to a conflict of interest. (2) Where a local planning authority, or the Welsh Ministers are acting as a developer and that authority or the Welsh Ministers, as the case may be, are also responsible for determining their own proposal, that authority or the Welsh Ministers, as the case may be, must make appropriate administrative arrangements to ensure that there is a functional separation between those persons who seek or require permission for development and the persons responsible for determining that proposal.