PART 5 E+W DECIDING APPLICATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSENT

Statutory policies and other relevant matters‍‍ E+W

Prospective

57 Duty to have regard to specific matters when making decisions on applications E+W

In deciding an application for infrastructure consent, the examining authority or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be) must have regard to—

(a) any local impact report submitted to the Welsh Ministers before the deadline specified under section 36;

(b) any marine impact report submitted to the Welsh Ministers before the deadline specified under section 37;

(c) any examination carried out under Part 4;

(d) any matters specified in regulations in relation to development of the kind to which the application relates;

(e) the desirability of mitigating, and adapting to, climate change;

(f) any other‍ relevant consideration.‍

Commencement Information

I1 S. 57 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(2)