Section 29 – Notification of proposed application
68.Section 29 requires any person who proposes to make an application for an infrastructure consent to notify:
the Welsh Ministers;
each local planning authority and community council for the area in which the proposed development is located where a proposed development is in Wales;
Natural Resources Wales and each local planning authority and community council the person considers appropriate where the proposed development is in the Welsh marine area;
constituency and regional Members of the Senedd for each area where the proposed development is located;
Members of Parliament who represent constituencies for each area where the proposed development is located; and
any other persons, or person of a description prescribed in regulations of the application.
69.A notification under this section must comply with any requirements specified in regulations, which may include:
the form and content of a notification,
what information, documents or other materials must accompany a notification, and
how and when a notification is to be given.
70.Upon receiving a notification which complies with all requirements under this section, the Welsh Ministers will be required to send written notice to the person who originally submitted a notification form, confirming it has been accepted. The prospective applicant may proceed to pre-application consultation.
71.This section also enables the Welsh Ministers to make regulations regarding (among other things):
the form and content of the notice,
how a notice is to be given, and
the period within which such notices are to be given.
72.The requirement to notify the Welsh Ministers under this section does not apply if a proposed application is being made where a direction specifying development as a significant infrastructure project was made under section 22.
