Commentary on Sections Pre-application procedure Section 30 – Pre-application consultation and publicity
73.Section 30 requires a person who proposes to submit an application for infrastructure consent to carry out consultation on a proposed application prior to its submission. Any consultation or publicity undertaken prior to a prospective application receiving notice from the Welsh Ministers under section 29 shall not be treated as consultation or publicity under this section.
74.This section also provides the Welsh Ministers with a power to make provision in regulations for, or in connection with, consultations required by this section, including (among other things) provision:
	about who must be consulted,
	about how consultations must be carried out,
	about the matters to be consulted on, including the benefits for people living in the area of the proposed development,
	about responding to consultations, including responding by preparing and publishing a report,
	about timetables in connection with consultations, and
	about how consultations must be publicised.