8.Schedule 2 to this Act contains amendments to Acts of the UK Parliament other than the 1990 Act that are necessary as a result of the principal Act.
9.There are a number of other pieces of UK legislation containing provisions about planning in Wales that are being replaced by provisions in the principal Act. Some of those provisions apply only in Wales and are repealed by Schedule 2 to this Act. For example, Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5) (“the 2004 Act”), dealing with development plans in Wales, is replaced by Part 2 of the principal Act and repealed by Schedule 2 to this Act. There are other provisions about planning that currently apply in both England and Wales, which will continue to apply in England. For example, Part 11 of the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29) (“the 2008 Act”), relating to the Community Infrastructure Levy, is being replaced by Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the principal Act. Schedule 2 to this Act amends Part 11 to ensure that it no longer applies in Wales and that it continues to operate correctly in England.
10.There are many references in other pieces of UK legislation to the 1990 Act, and to the planning provisions in the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), the 2004 Act and the 2008 Act. Schedule 2 to this Act makes the necessary amendments to ensure that those references will in future refer to the appropriate provisions in the principal Act in relation to Wales and still operate correctly in relation to England.
11.Some of the amendments in this Schedule ensure that other legislation reflects changes of approach or terminology in the principal Act, such as the decision to refer throughout that Act to the “planning authority” in place of the terms “local planning authority”, “minerals planning authority” and “hazardous substances authority” used in planning legislation until now. The use of the term “planning authority” reflects that Wales has for some years had a unitary system of local government and is in accordance with recommendation 5-13 by the Law Commission in its report Planning Law in Wales.
12.Schedule 2 makes a number of other amendments to correct mistakes in earlier legislation, remove duplication or repeal provisions that are no longer required. Those amendments are explained in the Drafters’ Notes for the Act (the document headed “Explanation of changes made to existing provisions within the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026”).
Schedule 2 – Amendments to other Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament