Section 27 – Provision of pre-application services
59.Section 27 provides the Welsh Ministers with a power to make regulations about the provision of pre-application services by the Welsh Ministers, local planning authorities in Wales or Natural Resources Wales. Pre-application services are intended to assist prospective applicants prior to the submission of an application for infrastructure consent.
60.The power to make regulations includes the power to make provision regarding:
the circumstances in which pre-application services must be provided,
the form and content of a request for pre-application services, including the information required to be submitted with a request,
what services must be provided by the Welsh Ministers, local planning authorities and Natural Resources Wales, including when and how they are provided,
requirements for the Welsh Ministers, local planning authorities and Natural Resources Wales to publish the range of pre-application services they provide, and
other steps required to be taken by any person in relation to the provision of pre-application services.
