Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
Letters to Chief Planning Officers
Abstract
Provides notification to heads of planning in Wales of the publication of the Town and Country Planning (Coal and Petroleum Development) (Notification) (Wales) Direction 2026 which comes into force from 7 April 2026. The Direction requires that any planning application for the development of petroleum or coal must be referred to Welsh Ministers, where a planning authority does not propose to refuse the application.
History
Document type: guidance.
First published: 1 April 2026.
Subjects
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Planning and development
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Other planning disciplines
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Minerals planning
Publisher History
The Welsh Government is the devolved government for Wales. They publish a number of strategies, policies, consultation papers, circulars, leaflets and posters. Previously known as Welsh Assembly Government.
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