The Infrastructure Consent (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Title and coming into force

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Giving notice and other documents

5. 4. Projects that may be directed to be significant infrastructure projects

6. 5. Requests for directions to be given under sections 22 to 24 of the 2024 Act.

7. 6. Decisions in respect of requests for a direction to be given under sections 22 and 24 of the Act

8. 7. Obtaining information about land interests

9. 8. Power to disapply requirements of the 2024 Act

10. 9. Requests for pre-application services

11. 10. Accepting requests for pre-application services

12. 11. Provision of pre-application services

13. 12. Pre-application meetings

14. 13. Content of register kept by Welsh Ministers

15. 14. Register to be kept by planning authorities

16. 15. Register to be kept by Natural Resources Wales

17. 16. Placing information and documents on the register

18. 17. Statutory consultees: annual report

19. 18. Removing consent requirements and deeming consents

20. 19. Consent from relevant authority: specified period

21. Signature

22. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Projects specified for the purpose of section 22(2)(c) of the 2024 Act

       1. 1. Energy

       2. 2. The extension or alteration of a solar generating station in...

       3. 3. The extension or alteration of a wind generating station in...

       4. 4. The extension or alteration of a wind generating station in...

       5. 5. The construction of a generating station (other than a solar...

       6. 6. The extension or alteration of a generating station (other than...

       7. 7. The construction or alteration of an electricity sub-station.

       8. 8. Installation of an electric line above ground associated with a...

       9. 9. Installation of an electric line, other than above ground, in...

       10. 10. The construction or alteration of an LNG facility in Wales...

       11. 11. The construction or alteration of a gas reception facility in...

       12. 12. The construction or alteration of hydrogen production facilities in Wales...

       13. 13. Transport

       14. 14. The construction or alteration of a railway that starts, ends...

       15. 15. The construction or alteration of a rail freight interchange in...

       16. 16. The construction or alteration of harbour facilities in Wales or...

       17. 17. The construction, alteration or increase in the permitted use of...

       18. 18. Water

       19. 19. The alteration of a dam or reservoir in Wales where...

       20. 20. Development in Wales carried out by one or more water...

       21. 21. Waste water

       22. 22. The alteration of a waste water treatment plant in Wales...

       23. 23. The construction or alteration of infrastructure, in Wales or the...

       24. 24. Waste

       25. 25. Flood defences

       26. 26. The alteration or extension of flood defence works where the...

       27. 27. Interpretation

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       List of consents the requirement for which may be removed by provision in an infrastructure consent order

       1. 1. Consent under section 16 (consent of the coast protection authority...

       2. 2. Approval under sections 4, 6, 8, 15 and 16(2) (furnaces...

       3. 3. A felling licence required under section 9(1) of the Forestry...

       4. 4. Written notice given under regulation 5(1)(b)(i) of the Hedgerows Regulations...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       List of consents that may be deemed by provision in an infrastructure consent order

       1. PART 1

          1. 1. Authorisation required under byelaws issued in accordance with section 20...

          2. 2. A licence under section 18(5) (prohibition of excavation etc., of...

          3. 3. A licence granted under section 10 (power to grant licences)...

          4. 4. A licence granted for the purposes of section 1(3) (protection...

          5. 5. A licence granted under section 8 (exceptions for licensed persons)...

          6. 6. Consent under section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses)...

          7. 7. Consent under section 166 (consents for certain discharges under section...

          8. 8. Consent under section 32(3) (miscellaneous rights to abstract) of the...

          9. 9. A licence granted under section 10 (licences) of the Protection...

          10. 10. A direction under section 24, 25 or 26 (land management;...

          11. 11. An environmental permit granted under regulation 13 (grant of an...

          12. 12. A greenhouse gas emissions permit issued in accordance with article...

       2. PART 2

          1. 13. An order under section 14 (direction by order that village...

          2. 14. An order under section 5, 9 or 11 (exchanges etc.,...

          3. 15. An order under section 1 (fences may be dispensed with)...

          4. 16. Any consent or authorisation required by byelaws made under section...

          5. 17. Any consent or authorisation required under byelaws or regulations made...

          6. 18. Limitations or conditions issued under section 193 (rights of the...

          7. 19. Consent under section 15 (power to place pipe-lines in the...

          8. 20. A licence granted under section 6 (power to let certain...

          9. 21. An authorisation under section 10 (exchange of common lands) of...

          10. 22. An order under section 53 (duty to keep definitive map...

          11. 23. An order for the regulation of traffic under section 1,...

          12. 24. Consent required by a provision in a tree preservation order...

          13. 25. An order made under section 247 (highways affected by development)...

          14. 26. An exemption under section 7, 14 or 20 (exemption from...

          15. 27. Consent or authorisation required under byelaws made in accordance with...

          16. 28. An order under section 17 (deregistration and exchange: orders) of...

          17. 29. Interpretation

23. Explanatory Note