These Regulations set out the procedure for the determination of validation appeals made to the Welsh Minsters under section 62ZB of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. In accordance with section 62ZB(6) validation appeals are considered on the basis of written representations. The procedure includes the following steps—the Welsh Ministers must give notice that they have received the appeal (regulation 3);the appellant and local planning authority are not given an opportunity to comment on each others representations (regulation 4); andthe Welsh Ministers must notify the appellant and the local planning authority of their decision and their reasons for reaching that decision (regulation 6).