Requests a view on whether in the context of the intended application for the Brechfa West Wind Farm scheme the Western Mail is a national newspaper for the purposes of regulation 4 of the IPA Applications regulations.

The purpose of s48(1) of the 2008 Planning Act and Reg 4 of the IPA Applications regulations is to ensure that an application is widely publicised, not just within the area in which the project is located. National newspapers such as the Times and Telegraph have the widest circulation (whether a project is in England or Wales) and it would therefore seem wise to publish in such a UK national newspaper to ensure maximum publicity. There is nothing to prevent the applicant also publishing in a Welsh newspaper such as the Western Mail if they wish