Section 57 – Duty to have regard to specific matters when making decisions on applications
151.Section 57 places a duty on the examining authority or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be) to have regard to the following when deciding an application for infrastructure consent:
any local impact report or marine impact report submitted to the Welsh Ministers before the deadlines specified under sections 36 and 37,
any examination carried out under Part 4,
any matters specified in regulations in relation to development of the description to which the application relates,
the desirability of mitigating, and adapting to, climate change, and
any other relevant consideration.
