Section 74: Panel to decide, or make recommendation in respect of, application
151.This section sets out the Panel’s role in relation to applications. Where there is an effective national policy statement in respect of the type of development to which an application relates, the Commission is responsible for examining and deciding the application. In any other case, the Panel will examine the application, and then make a report to the Secretary of State which sets out its findings and conclusions and makes a recommendation about the decision to be made by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State will then be responsible for deciding the application,