PART 3

APPLYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSENT

Assistance for applicants

Provision of pre-application services
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1
Regulations may make provision for or in connection with the provision of pre-application services by a planning authority, Natural Resources Wales or the Welsh Ministers, including provision about—
a
the circumstances in which pre-application services are required to be provided (including provision about the form and content of requests for pre-application services, and information that is to accompany a request);
b
the nature of the services required to be provided, and when and how they are to be provided;
c
the publication of a statement giving information about the range of pre-application services provided by a planning authority, Natural Resources Wales or the Welsh Ministers;
d
other steps required to be taken by any person in connection with, or for the purposes of, the provision of services under the regulations.
2
References in this Act to pre-application services are to services provided to a person for the purpose of assisting the person in applying for an infrastructure consent order.