# The Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 17: Acceptance of a request to vary an application to include compulsory acquisition of additional land

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the Welsh Ministers receive a request to vary an application under these Regulations, they must determine whether to accept the request within 15 days of the date the request is received.
(2) The Welsh Ministers may only accept a request if the requirements set out in regulation 16 are met.
(3) Where the Welsh Ministers consider the varied application will result in a substantial change in the nature of the development for which infrastructure consent is sought, they must not accept the request.
(4) Where the Welsh Ministers decide not to accept a request, they must give notice of the decision and reasons to the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.
(5) Where the Welsh Ministers accept the request, the application is varied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/691/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-compulsory-acquisition-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-17
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