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Section 27 Provision of pre-application servicesI1I2

England and Wales

(1)

Regulations may make provision for or in connection with the provision of pre-application services by a planning authority, Natural Resources Wales or the Welsh Ministers, including provision about—

(a)

the circumstances in which pre-application services are required to be provided (including provision about the form and content of requests for pre-application services, and information that is to accompany a request);

(b)

the nature of the services required to be provided, and when and how they are to be provided;

(c)

the publication of a statement giving information about the range of pre-application services provided by a planning authority, Natural Resources Wales or the Welsh Ministers;

(d)

other steps required to be taken by any person in connection with, or for the purposes of, the provision of services under the regulations.

(2)

References in this Act to pre-application services are to services provided to a person for the purpose of assisting the person in applying for an infrastructure consent order.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 27 in force at 4.6.2024 for specified purposes, see s. 147(1)(b)

I2

S. 27 in force at 15.12.2025 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(a)