(1) The title of this Order is the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No 4 and Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (Wales) (Amendment No 1) Order 2008 and it comes into force on 29 January 2008.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
Specified date: 29 January 2008: see para (1) above.
In the Schedule to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No 4 and Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (Wales) Order 2005, omit the words “Newport City Council”.
Specified date: 29 January 2008: see art 1(1).
Rosemary Thomas
Head of Planning Division under authority of the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, one of the Welsh Ministers
8 January 2008
This Order brings to an end the transitional arrangements made under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No 4 and Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (Wales) Order 2005 (“the No 4 Order”) in relation to Newport City Council (“the Council”).
Under those arrangements, each local planning authority listed in the Schedule to the No 4 Order is able to continue with the process leading ultimately to the adoption of its unitary development plan under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, instead of having to start work on the preparation of a local development plan under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
This Order removes the Council from the list of local planning authorities in the Schedule to the No 4 Order and thus places the Council under a duty to prepare a local development plan for its area.
