The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2020
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2020/517 |
2020 No. 517 (W. 122)
Water Industry, Wales
The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2020
Made 18th May 2020
Laid before Senedd Cymru 19th May 2020
Coming into force 9th June 2020
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32 and 48(2) of, and paragraph 7(4)(c) of Schedule 3 to, the Flood and Water Management Act 20101, make the following Order.
Title and commencement
1. The title of this Order is the Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2020 and it comes into force on 9 June 2020.
Amendment of the Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption) (Wales) Order 2018
2. The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption) (Wales) Order 20182is amended as follows.
Amendment of article 2 (interpretation)
3. In article 2, after paragraph (2) insert—
“3. For the purposes of this Order, “planning permission” means planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 19903but does not include those permitted developments which are granted planning permission either by virtue of a development order or a local development order in accordance with section 58(1)(a) of that Act.”
Amendment of article 4 (exceptions to requirement for approval: planning permission not required)
4. For article 4 substitute—
“1. Subject to paragraph (2), the requirement for approval under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3 does not apply to construction work where the construction work does not require planning permission.
2. The exception in paragraph (1) does not apply where the construction work involves the construction of a building or other structure covering an area of land of 100 square metres or more.
3. The requirement for approval under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3 does not apply to the developments under the following Parts of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 19954—
(a) Part 3A (Temporary Building and Changes of Use for Public Health Emergency Purposes)5;
(b) Part 12A (Emergency Development by Local Authorities)6; and
(c) Part 37 (Emergency Development by the Crown)7.”
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of...
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