PART 2

REQUIREMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSENT

Powers to change the requirement or its effect

Directions under section 22 to 24: general provision
25
1
This sections applies to directions under sections 22, 23 and 24.
2
A direction may be given subject to conditions.
3
A direction may specify the period for which it has effect.
4
The Welsh Ministers may give a direction following a qualifying request from a developer or where there is not a qualifying request from a developer.
5
The Welsh Ministers are not required to consider a request for a direction unless it is a qualifying request from a developer.
6
If the Welsh Ministers receive a qualifying request, they must give reasons for their decision to give or not to give the requested direction to the person who made the request.
7
In this section—
- “developer” (“datblygwr”) means—
  1. a person who proposes to carry out any of the development to which the request relates;
  2. a person who has applied, or proposes to apply, for a section 20 consent in relation to any of that development;
  3. a person who, if a direction under section 22(1) is given in relation to that development, proposes to apply for infrastructure consent for any of that development;
- “qualifying request” (“archiad cymhwysol”) means a written request for a direction that specifies the development to which it relates.
S. 25 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(2)
S. 25 in force at 15.12.2025 by S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(a)