Planning (Wales) Act 2015

18 In section 303 (fees for planning applications, etc), after subsection (1A) insert—

“(1B) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for the payment of a fee or charge to the Welsh Ministers in respect of—

(a) the performance by the Welsh Ministers of any function they have in respect of an application under section 62D (developments of national significance), section 62M (option to make application directly to Welsh Ministers) or section 62O (connected applications);

(b) anything done by the Welsh Ministers which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the performance of any such function.

(1C) References in subsection (1B) to functions that the Welsh Ministers have in respect of an application include references—

(a) in the case of an application under section 62D, to any functions that the Welsh Ministers have in respect of a secondary consent to which, by virtue of the connection between the consent and the application under section 62D, section 62F(2) applies;

(b) to any functions that the Welsh Ministers have, by virtue of provision under section 61Z1, in respect of an application proposed to be made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62D, 62F, 62M or 62O.”