Regulation 5 Request for pre-application services

(1)

Any request for pre-application services in respect of a qualifying application must—

(a)

be made in writing to the local planning authority on a form published by the Welsh Ministers (or a form substantially to the like effect);

(b)

include the particulars specified or referred to in the form published by the Welsh Ministers; and

(c)

be accompanied by—

(i)

any plans or drawings specified or referred to in the form published by the Welsh Ministers; and

(ii)

the fee required to be paid in respect of a request for pre-application services^f1.

(2)

Any plans or drawings required to be provided by paragraph (1)(c)(i) must be drawn to an identified scale and, in the case of plans, must show the direction of north.

(3)

In these Regulations a “valid request for pre-application services” (“deisyfiad dilys am wasanaethau cyn-ymgeisio”) means a request for pre-application services in respect of a qualifying application which complies with the requirements of this regulation.

(4)

When the local planning authority receive a valid request for pre-application services, the authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, send the applicant an acknowledgement of the request stating the date by which pre-application services must be provided under regulation 6(3).

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Footnotes

f1: See the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications and Site Visits (Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1522) (W. 179) amended by S.I. 2016/62 (W.32) for fees payable in respect of requests for pre-application services.