Regulation 27 Consulting statutory consulteesI1
England and Wales
A statutory consultee must provide a substantive response within 42 days beginning with the day after notice of valid application is given or such other period as may be agreed in writing between the statutory consultee and the Welsh Ministers under section 129 of the 2024 Act.
Where a substantive response advises the statutory consultee has concerns about the proposed development under paragraphs (4)(c) and (d) of this regulation, the substantive response must include a statement setting out whether it considers its concerns should be heard by—
written representations,
hearing,
inquiry, or
confirms it has no preference as to the method of examination procedure used to hear their concerns.
Where a statutory consultee raises concerns in its substantive response under this regulation which were not raised in their response to pre-application consultation under F1regulation 12, it must give reasons for doing so.
In this regulation a substantive response is one which—
states the statutory consultee has no comment to make and gives reasons for that response,
states the statutory consultee has no objection to the proposed development and refers the applicant to current standing advice by the statutory consultee on the subject of the consultation,
advises the applicant the statutory consultee has concerns about the proposed development and how those can be addressed, or
advises 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 27(3) substituted (14.12.2025) by The Infrastructure Consent (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1091), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(b)