# The Infrastructure Consent (Examination and Decision) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 30: Proceeding to a report or decision

Extent: E+W

(1) The examining authority may make a report under section 52(2) of the 2024 Act disregarding any further written representations and supporting documents as were submitted after the time limit under regulation 19.
(2) The examining authority or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be) may proceed to a decision disregarding the further written representations and supporting documents as were submitted after the time limit under regulation 19.
(3) The examining authority may, after giving the applicant and the planning authority notice of their intention to do so, make a report under section 52 of the 2024 Act, even though no further written representations were submitted within the time limit under regulation 19, if it appears to it that it has sufficient material before it to make a recommendation on the merits of the application.
(4) The examining authority or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be) may, after giving the applicant and the planning authority notice of their intention to do so, proceed to a decision even though no further written representations were submitted within the time limit under regulation 19, if it appears to them that they have sufficient material before them to make a recommendation on the merits of the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/692/regulation/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-examination-and-decision-procedure-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-30
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