# The Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 14: Period within which applications must be made

Extent: E+W

(1) An application must be made within 18 months beginning with the day after the Welsh Ministers give notice of acceptance ....
(2) The period in paragraph (1) will be extended by 56 days where—
(a) one or more relevant statutory consultees has either—
(i) advised the applicant that the statutory consultee has concerns about the proposed development and how those can be addressed, or
(ii) advised the applicant the statutory consultee has concerns about the proposed development and that it would object to an application made in the same or substantially the same terms and sets out the reasons for those objections, and
(b) the applicant gives written notice that they wish to extend the period in paragraph (1) to address the concerns of the relevant statutory consultee to—
(i) the Welsh Ministers, and
(ii) the relevant statutory consultee that provided such advice.
(3) This regulation is subject to regulation 8 of the Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/690/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-pre-application-and-application-procedure-and-transitional-provisions-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-14
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