Section 25 Directions under section 22 to 24: general provisionI1I2

This sections applies to directions under sections 22, 23 and 24.

A direction may be given subject to conditions.

A direction may specify the period for which it has effect.

The Welsh Ministers may give a direction following a qualifying request from a developer or where there is not a qualifying request from a developer.

The Welsh Ministers are not required to consider a request for a direction unless it is a qualifying request from a developer.

If the Welsh Ministers receive a qualifying request, they must give reasons for their decision to give or not to give the requested direction to the person who made the request.

In this section—

• “developer” (“datblygwr”) means—

  1. (a)

     a person who proposes to carry out any of the development to which the request relates;

  2. (b)

     a person who has applied, or proposes to apply, for a section 20 consent in relation to any of that development;

  3. (c)

     a person who, if a direction under section 22(1) is given in relation to that development, proposes to apply for infrastructure consent for any of that development;

• “qualifying request” (“archiad cymhwysol”) means a written request for a direction that specifies the development to which it relates.