6.—(1) Any request for pre-application services in respect of a qualifying application must—
(a)be made in writing to the local planning authority or to the Welsh Ministers, 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)any fixed fee payable for pre-application services(1).
(2) Any plans or drawings required to be provided by virtue of paragraph (c)(i) must be drawn to an identified scale and, in the case of plans, must show the direction of north.
(3) In this Part 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 or the Welsh Ministers receive a valid request for pre-application services, the authority or the Welsh Ministers 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 7(3) or, as the case may be, regulation 8(3).
For fixed and variable fees payable in respect of pre-application services, see the Developments of National Significance (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I.2016/57) (W. 275).