Amendments by these regulations will require organisations and individuals acting as waste controllers, waste transporters or waste controller-transporters to obtain a permit. This will replace the carrier, broker and dealer licensing system in England.
Applicants for permits will be required to demonstrate their suitability and ability to meet permit conditions. A host of registrable exemptions will also apply.
This Act will consolidate Welsh planning law into a single Act, superseding planning legislation applicable in English and Wales, such as the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Welsh law such as the Planning (Wales) Act 2015.
The Act, which broadly consolidates policy rather than updating it, will be brought into force by forthcoming legislation.
This Act establishes an overarching environmental objective and a set of principles for policymaking in Wales. Binding biodiversity targets are also required to be established.
These regulations amended the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.
The amendments allow 'appropriate compensatory measures' to be applied as part of the consenting process for qualifying offshore wind development. These measures may include off-site compensatory measures to address the damage the development would cause.
