# The Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 16: Request to vary an application to include compulsory acquisition of additional land

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies where, after the Welsh Ministers have accepted an application as valid, the applicant requests to vary that application to include a compulsory acquisition request for additional land.
(2) The applicant must submit any request to vary the application in the period of 28 days starting with the day after the date specified in the notice for that land in accordance with regulation 15(3)(g).
(3) The request to vary the application must include—
(a) a book of reference,
(b) a statement of reasons justifying the compulsory acquisition request,
(c) a statement of reasons for the variation,
(d) a statement of reasons why the additional land was not included in the application as made,
(e) a statement of reasons why the request to vary the application could not have been made earlier,
(f) a statement of funding explaining how the compulsory acquisition is to be funded,
(g) a document containing details of any person who would or might be entitled to make a relevant claim if the proposed infrastructure consent is implemented,
(h) a cross-referencing document,
(i) a statement of how, in the applicant’s view, the varied application could be properly examined within the timeframe for deciding the application in accordance with section 59 of the 2024 Act, and
(j) any required fee.
(4) In this regulation “cross-referencing document” means a document that cross-references representations from interested persons with the book of reference in the appropriate form published on a website maintained by the Welsh Ministers or in a form substantially to the same effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/691/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-compulsory-acquisition-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-16
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