Regulation 60 Timetable for deciding application
Where an application is not examined by an examining authority, the Welsh Ministers must decide an application before the end of 8 weeks beginning with the day after the day the notice under regulation 55(2) is given.
Where an examining authority has the function of deciding an application, it must decide the application before the end of 12 weeks beginning with the day after—
where an application is examined solely on the basis of the application and any written representations, the day the examining authority finishes examining the application and any written representations;
where an application is examined, solely or in part, at a hearing or a local inquiry, the day the hearing or the local inquiry closes.
Where an application is examined and the Welsh Ministers have the function of deciding that application, they must decide the application before the end of 8 weeks beginning with the day after they receive a report under section 52 of the 2024 Act in respect of that application.
The Welsh Ministers may, by direction, extend the periods mentioned in paragraphs (1) to (3).
A direction may be given—
more than once in relation to the same application;
after the end of the periods mentioned in paragraphs (1) to (3).
As soon as reasonably practicable after giving the direction, the Welsh Ministers must—
notify the applicant and any other person they consider appropriate of the direction, and
publish the direction on a website.