PAWB meaning

A Welsh community and environmental NGO, People Against Wylfa B (PAWB) is active in legal and regulatory processes concerning the proposed Wylfa Newydd (formerly “Wylfa B”) nuclear power station on Anglesey. In practice, PAWB appears as a non-governmental organisation participating in statutory consultation, submitting written representations to the Planning Inspectorate, and taking part in the examination of Development Consent Orders (DCOs) for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects under the Planning Act 2008, as well as in environmental permitting and related public law proceedings (including judicial review and statutory challenge). The term is not defined in legislation or case law; it is the name of a specific NGO and is used descriptively in planning, environmental and energy law contexts. Practitioners may encounter PAWB as an interested party raising issues under the EIA Regulations, the Habitats Regulations and the Aarhus Convention public participation and costs protection regimes. Usage is consistent across the UK jurisdictions; consenting for new nuclear generating stations is reserved to the UK Government, although the site is in Wales and environmental regulation involves Natural Resources Wales. In Ireland, the term is generally referenced only in UK-facing matters. See also NGO.