# The Infrastructure Consent (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 10: Fee for a local impact report

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a planning authority submits a local impact report to the Welsh Ministers under section 36(1) of the 2024 Act the Welsh Ministers must pay the portion of the fee referred to in regulation 9 which relates to the local impact report to the relevant planning authority (“the local impact report fee”).
(2) Unless the Welsh Ministers otherwise agree with the relevant planning authority, the Welsh Ministers must—
(a) pay the full local impact report fee to the relevant planning authority if the local impact report is received within the deadline for receipt of representations specified in the notice of accepted application given under section 34(2)(a) or (b) of the 2024 Act, or
(b) pay 50% of the local impact report fee to the relevant planning authority where the local impact report is submitted within the period of two weeks after the deadline for receipt of representations specified in the notice of accepted application given under section 34(2)(a) or (b) of the 2024 Act.
(3) The Welsh Ministers must—
(a) refund the applicant any part of the local impact report fee that is not paid to the relevant planning authority, or
(b) refund the applicant in full if the application is not accepted or is withdrawn before the submission of a local impact report by the relevant planning authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/883/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-fees-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-10
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