The Developments of National Significance (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Initial fee for an application

7.—(1) Where an application is made to the Welsh Ministers, an initial fee must be paid to the Welsh Ministers (an “initial fee”) (“ffi ddechreuol”).

(2) The initial fee is the amount set out in the relevant row of column 3.

(3) The initial fee must accompany the application.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must refund 75% of the initial fee to the applicant where—

(a) the application is withdrawn before the Welsh Ministers give notice of acceptance to the applicant; or

(b) the applicant is notified under article 15(5) of the 2016 Order that the application is not accepted.

(5) The Welsh Ministers must refund 25% of the initial fee to the applicant where notice of acceptance has been given but the application is withdrawn before the end of the representation period.

(6) In paragraphs (4) and (5), references to the initial fee are to the initial fee paid by the applicant to the Welsh Ministers.

(7) In this regulation—

(a) “notice of acceptance” (“hysbysiad derbyn”) means notice under article 15(2) of the 2016 Order that the application is accepted; and

(b) “the representation period” (“y cyfnod sylwadau”) means the period provided for in article 4 of the 2016 Order(1).

(1)

Article 4 provides that the representation period is five weeks but the Welsh Ministers may by direction extend this in any particular case.