# The Infrastructure Consent (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 4: Fee for pre-application services provided by planning authorities

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraphs (7) and (8), where a planning authority provides pre-application services, a fee must be paid to that authority.
(2) The fee payable under this regulation is the amount published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the planning authority.
(3) The relevant planning authority must ensure that the following information is published on their website—
(a) the pre-application services for which fees are charged,
(b) the fee payable,
(c) the method used to calculate fees, and
(d) the enactment under which the relevant pre-application services are provided.
(4) The planning authority must—
(a) publish the fee payable on their website no less than one month before the fee comes into force, and
(b) ensure the fee payable does not exceed the costs reasonably incurred by them in providing the relevant pre-application services, taking one financial year with another.
(5) Following a request for pre-application services, the planning authority must provide a notice to the applicant setting out the fee for providing those services.
(6) The applicant must pay the fee to the planning authority within such period as may be specified in the notice provided by the planning authority, provided such period is not less than 21 days beginning the day after the date of that notice.
(7) Where the cost of providing pre-application services is likely to exceed the fee payable under paragraph (2) of this regulation the planning authority must—
(a) inform the applicant the cost is likely to exceed the fee,
(b) indicate the amount by which the fee is likely to be exceeded, and
(c) ask the applicant to respond within 14 days to confirm they accept that an additional fee is payable.
(8) Where an additional fee is payable under paragraph (7), the fee will be administered by invoice payable by the applicant within 21 days beginning the day after the date of the invoice.
(9) If the applicant fails to pay a fee to the planning authority within the period specified, the planning authority may—
(a) recover any unpaid fees for any work completed as a civil debt, and
(b) notwithstanding any requirement to provide the relevant pre-application services, withhold the relevant pre-application services until the fees are paid.
(10) Any fee paid under this regulation must be refunded if the request for pre-application services is rejected as invalid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/883/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-fees-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-4
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