An overview of the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026, its passage through the Senedd and subordinate legislation.
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Overview
The Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 (“the Consequential Provisions Act”) has been enacted alongside the Planning (Wales) Act 2026 (“the Planning Act”), which includes the principal legislation governing the planning system in Wales.
The Consequential Provisions Act amends and repeals enactments and makes transitional and saving provisions in connection with the ‘main’ Planning Act. Such consequential and transitional provisions are frequently dealt with in one or more Schedules to an Act. However, given the provisions either have a limited lifespan in practice or will be of very limited interest to most readers of planning law, placing them in a separate Act leaves the substantive provisions (and those that are used most frequently) in the Planning Act free of lengthy Schedules of consequential and transitional provisions.
The Consequential Provisions Act contains six sections and five Schedules. The Explanatory Notes to the Act provide commentary on the various provisions:
Read the full 2026 Act:
Coming into force
Details of when the provisions in the Consequential Provisions Act come into force are set out in section 5 of the 2026 Act.
Subordinate legislation made under the Act
Any subordinate legislation made under the 2026 Act will be added when that subordinate legislation is made.
Consideration of the legislation by the Senedd
The Bill was introduced to the Senedd on 15 September 2025 by Julie James MS, the then Counsel General and Minister for Delivery. It was passed by the Senedd on 10 March 2026 and received Royal Assent on 27 April 2026.
More information about the 2026 Act and its passage through the Senedd on senedd.wales.
An Explanatory Memorandum was originally prepared for consideration by the Senedd alongside the Bill. This has now been revised and updated to reflect the final form of this Act: