The Infrastructure Consent (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025

Made: 14 October 2025

Laid before Senedd Cymru: 16 October 2025

Coming into force: 14 December 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 30(2)(b) and (d), 32(4)(a), (c), (e), (f) and (g) and (5), 35(1)(a)(i) and (iii), 36(4)(b), 38(2), 39, 40(5), 44(1), (2)(c) and (d), 48(6), 60(2)(d), (4)(d) and (6), 72(2)(d)(i), 129(4)(b), 140(1) and (2)[^f00001] and 141(2) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024[^f00002], make the following Regulations.

Title and coming into force

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• (1) The title of these Regulations is the Infrastructure Consent (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 14 December 2025.

Amendments to the Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025

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• (1) The Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations[^f00003] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 2(1)—

• (a) in the definition of “EIA development”—

• (i) in paragraph (a) for “Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017” substitute “Planning EIA Regulations”, and

• (ii) in paragraph (b) for “Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007” substitute “Marine EIA Regulations”;

• (b) in the definition of “environmental statement”, after “Marine” insert “EIA”.

• (3) In regulation 4, in the Welsh language text, for “drannoeth” substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”.

• (4) In regulation 11—

• (a) in the words before paragraph (a), for “regulations 6 to 10” substitute “regulations 7 to 10”;

• (b) in paragraph (f), in the Welsh text—

• (i) for “drannoeth” substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”, and

• (ii) for “cyhoeddir” substitute “dyroddir”.

• (5) In regulation 12(1), for “regulation 4” substitute “regulation 8 or 10”.

• (6) In regulation 14(1), omit “in accordance with section 29(4) of the 2024 Act”.

• (7) In regulation 17(2), in the Welsh language text, omit “(p.20)”.

• (8) In regulation 19(a), in the Welsh text, before “gwella” insert “sicrhau”.

• (9) In regulation 24(f), omit “under regulation 2(1) of the Marine EIA Regulations”.

• (10) In regulation 26—

• (a) for paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) Where the site notice is, without any fault of the Welsh Ministers or a person or body directed to comply with the requirements in this regulation by virtue of sections 34(10) or 130(1) of the 2024 Act, removed, obscured or defaced before the period of 42 days has elapsed, the Welsh Ministers or such person or body will be treated as having complied with the requirements of the relevant paragraph if they have taken reasonable steps to protect the site notice and if need be, replace it.

• (b) in paragraph (4)(b), after “Lloyd’s List” insert “for a minimum period of one week commencing within 5 working days beginning with the day after the application is accepted as valid”;

• (c) in paragraph (5), in the English language text, after “beginning” insert “with”;

• (d) in paragraphs (5) and (6), for “35(2)” in each place it occurs, substitute “34(10)”.

• (11) In regulation 27—

• (a) in paragraph (1), in the Welsh language text, for “â thrannoeth” substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”;

• (b) in paragraph (3), for “paragraph 12 of these Regulations,” substitute “regulation 12”.

• (12) In regulation 28(c)(iii), for “paragraph 1(c)(ii) of this regulation” substitute “sub-paragraph (ii)”.

• (13) At the end of regulation 29(2)(a), in the English language text, insert “and”.

• (14) In regulation 31, in paragraphs (2)(d), (5) and (6)(a), in the Welsh language text, for “â thrannoeth” in each place it occurs, substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”.

• (15) In the heading of Part 7, in the Welsh language text, for “RHAN 1” substitute “RHAN 7.”

• (16) In regulation 32—

• (a) in paragraph (1), in the English language text, after “beginning” insert “with”;

• (b) in paragraph (3)(b), for “regulation 7” substitute “regulation 8”.

• (17) In the Schedule—

• (a) in paragraph (g), in Column 2, sub-paragraph (iii), in the Welsh language text for “ar lain chwarae yn lle arwyneb o laswellt” substitute “yn lle arwyneb glaswellt llain chwarae ar faes chwarae”;

• (b) in the text under “Interpretation of Table”—

• (i) in paragraph (b), in the English language text, after “part of the surface” insert “immediately”;

• (ii) in paragraph (f), for “by section 82(1) of the Airports Act 1986” substitute “in section 143 of the 2024 Act”.

Amendments to the Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025

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• (1) The Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025[^f00004] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 3—

• (a) in the definition of “additional interested person”, for “16” substitute “15”;

• (b) after the definition of “relevant claim” insert—

• “replacement land” (“tir amnewid”) has the same meaning, as the case may be, as in sections 70 and 71 of the 2024 Act;

• (3) In regulation 8(2), after “described in” insert “paragraph”.

• (4) In regulation 10(1), after “38(2)” insert “of the 2024 Act”.

• (5) In regulation 15(4), after “in accordance with” insert “paragraph”.

• (6) In regulation 19(1)(b)—

• (a) in the English language text, for “land interests” substitute “persons with an interest in the land”;

• (b) in the Welsh language text, for “pawb a chanddynt fuddiannau mewn tir a nodir yn y cyfeirlyfr nad ydynt eisoes wedi eu hysbysu” substitute “pob person a chanddo fuddiant yn y tir a nodir yn y cyfeirlyfr nad yw eisoes wedi ei hysbysu”.

• (7) In regulation 19(2)(l), in the Welsh language text, for “caniateir” substitute “gellir”.

• (8) In regulation 20(5)(l), in the Welsh language text, for “caniateir” substitute “gellir”.

• (9) In regulation 20(6), for “the relevant paragraph” substitute “paragraph (3) or (4), as appropriate,”.

• (10) In regulation 20(8) after “publish” insert “for 7 days”.

• (11) In regulation 21(3), in the Welsh language text, for “nodir” substitute “pennir”.

• (12) In regulation 30—

• (a) the existing provision becomes paragraph (1);

• (b) in sub-paragraph (c), after “notices in” insert “sub-paragraph”;

• (c) in sub-paragraph (f) for “long tenancy that is due to expire within 12 months of the giving of the notice” substitute “long tenancy which is about to expire”;

• (d) after sub-paragraph (h) insert—

(2) Expressions used in this regulation and in the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 have the same meaning as in that Act.

Amendments to the Infrastructure Consent (Examination and Decision) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2025

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• (1) The Infrastructure Consent (Examination and Decision) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2025[^f00005] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 6(2), in the Welsh language text, for “i’r” substitute “mewn perthynas ȃ’r”.

• (3) In regulation 11(4)(b), after “regulation 24(2)” insert “of the 2025 Compulsory Acquisition Regulations”.

• (4) In regulation 17, in the Welsh language text, the existing provision number 17—(1) becomes number 17.

• (5) In regulation 21, at the end insert—

(12) In this regulation, “closing submissions” has the meaning given by regulation 20(11).

• (6) In regulation 27(6), in the Welsh language text, for “nodi” substitute “bennu”.

• (7) In regulation 28(11)(a), in the Welsh language text, for “mharagraff (11)” substitute “mharagraff (7)”.

• (8) In regulation 34(1)(b), after “section 60(3)(a)” insert “of the 2024 Act”.

• (9) In—

• (a) regulations 12(2), 31(9)(b) and 32(9)(b), in the English language text, for “they consider”, in each place it occurs, substitute “it considers”;

• (b) regulations 20(9), 21(10), 31(10), 32(10) and 33, in the English language text, for “they”, in each place it occurs, substitute “it”.

• (10) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 3(b) omit—

insert— - “(i)

• (11) In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1(d) and (e) and in paragraph 2(a) and (b), after “(4)(b)”, in each place it occurs, insert “of the 2024 Act”.

Signed

Rebecca Evans — Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, one of the Welsh Ministers — 14 October 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025 make provision for pre-application and application procedures for applications for infrastructure consent under the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”).

The Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025 make provision for pre-application procedures, making an application and the examination of an application for infrastructure consent made under the 2024 Act that includes an application for compulsory acquisition.

The Infrastructure Consent (Examination and Decision) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2025 make provision for the examination of applications for infrastructure consent made under the 2024 Act.

These Regulations make minor amendments to the Regulations listed above which correct errors, or clarify provision made, in those Regulations.

Regulation 2 amends the Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

Regulation 3 amends the Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

Regulation 4 amends the Infrastructure Consent (Examination and Decision) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: For the meaning of “appropriate Minister” see section 140(4) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3); see section 140(3) otherwise.

[^f00002]: 2024 asc 3.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2025/690 (W. 114)

[^f00004]: S.I. 2025/691 (W. 115).

[^f00005]: S.I. 2025/692 (W. 116).