Regulation 11 Provision of pre-application servicesI1
England and Wales
Where a planning authority accept as valid a request for pre-application services, they must provide the person who made the request with—
the relevant planning history of the proposed development site,
details of any potential statement of common ground,
a statement of local issues relating to the proposed development site, including potential mitigation,
the local policy framework as far as is relevant to the proposed development, and
advice on any pre-application consultation that may be carried out, including any person who may be consulted.
Where Natural Resources Wales accept as valid a request for pre-application services, they must provide the person who made the request with—
a statement of environmental considerations for the proposed development,
a statement of any environmental assessments that may be required in relation to the proposed development,
details of any potential statement of common ground, and
advice on any pre-application consultation that may be carried out, including any person who may be consulted.
Where the Welsh Ministers accept as valid a request for pre-application services, they must provide the person who made the request with—
advice on the form and content of applications,
advice on technical reports that may be provided as part of the application,
advice on any relevant policy,
advice on the procedure for making, examining, and deciding applications for infrastructure consent, and
advice on any consents that could be deemed or the requirements for which could be removed by provision in an infrastructure consent order.
In this regulation “statement of common ground” means a written statement prepared by the planning authority or Natural Resources Wales (as the case may be) and the applicant that contains agreed factual information about the development which is the subject of the application.