# The Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Schedule: Consultations before the grant of Infrastructure Consent Extent: E+W Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Paragraph Description of Development Relevant Statutory Consultee Relevant Specialist Consultee (a) All applications Natural Resources Wales The relevant water and sewerage undertaker National Air Traffic Services Ministry of Defence Public Health Wales Transport for Wales Canal and River Trust Distribution Network Operators (b) Development likely to result in a material increase in the volume or material change in the character of traffic— (i) entering or leaving a trunk road; (ii) using a level crossing over a railway. The Welsh Ministers The operator of the network which includes or consists of the railway in question and the Welsh Ministers (c) Development which involves the provision of a building or pipeline in an area of coal working notified by the Coal Authority to the Welsh Ministers The Coal Authority (d) (i) Development which has a physical impact on a scheduled monument (ii) Development likely to be visible from a scheduled monument and which meets one of the following criteria— (aa) it is within a distance of 0.5 km from any point of the perimeter of a scheduled monument, (bb) it is within a distance of 1 km from the perimeter of a scheduled monument and is 15 metres or more in height, or has an area of 0.2 hectares or more, (cc) it is within a distance of 2 km from the perimeter of a scheduled monument and is 50 metres or more in height, or has an area of 0.5 hectares or more, (dd) it is within a distance of 3 km from the perimeter of a scheduled monument and is 75 metres or more in height, or has an area of 1 hectare or more, or (ee) it is within a distance of 5 km from the perimeter of a scheduled monument and is 100 metres or more in height, or has an area of 1 hectare or more. (iii) Development likely to affect the site of a registered historic park or garden or its setting, (iv) Development within a registered historic landscape that requires an Environmental Impact Assessment, (v) Development likely to have an impact on the outstanding universal value of a World Heritage Site. The Welsh Ministers (e) Development involving any land on which there is a theatre The Theatres Trust (f) Development which involves — (i) the loss of not less than 20 hectares of grades 1, 2 or 3a agricultural land which is for the time being used (or was last used) for agricultural purposes, or (ii) the loss of less than 20 hectares of grades 1, 2 or 3a agricultural land which is for the time being used (or was last used) for agricultural purposes, in circumstances in which the development is likely to lead to a further loss of agricultural land amounting cumulatively to 20 hectares or more. The Welsh Ministers (g) Development which— (i) is likely to prejudice the use, or lead to the loss of use, of land being used as a playing field, or (ii) is on land which has been: (aa) used as a playing field at any time in the years before the making of the relevant application and which remains undeveloped, (bb) allocated for use as a playing field in a development plan or in proposals for such a plan or its alteration or replacement, or (iii) involves the replacement of the grass surface of a playing pitch on a playing field with an artificial, man-made or composite surface. The Sports Council for Wales (h) Development— (i) involving waste development (ii) involving the provision of a building where the floor space to be created by the development is 1,000 square metres or more (iii) carried out on a site having an area of 1 hectare or more The Fire and Rescue Authority concerned (i) Development that includes a requirement for a deemed marine licence The Crown Estate The Joint Nature Conservation Committee The Maritime and Coastguard Agency Trinity House Reserved Trust Ports Local harbour authority Local ports Welsh Ministers Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities The Royal Yachting Association Concerned Welsh archaeological trust UK Chamber of Shipping National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations Welsh Fishermen’s Association (j) Developments likely to affect the maritime or coastal environment, or the shipping industry The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (k) Development which may impact the marine environment Joint Nature Conservation Committee (l) Development which may affect the marine environment within English territorial waters The Marine Management Organisation (m) Developments likely to affect navigation in tidal waters Trinity House (n) Development relating to airports or which are likely to affect an airport or its current or future operation The Civil Aviation Authority (o) Development likely to affect the Crown Estate or is located on Crown Land The Crown Estate (p) Development likely to affect an area under control of a harbour authority Harbour Authority concerned Navigation Authority concerned Associated British Ports (q) Development which includes railway or is likely to affect railway Network operators (r) Development which includes the provision of electricity infrastructure Distribution Network Operators --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/690/schedule (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-pre-application-and-application-procedure-and-transitional-provisions-wales-regulations-2025/schedule Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.