266 Applications for planning permission by statutory undertakers.E+W
(1)Where—
(a)an application for planning permission to develop land to which this subsection applies is made by statutory undertakers and is referred to the Secretary of State under Part III; or
(b)an appeal is made to the Secretary of State under that Part from the decision on such an application; or
(c)such an application is deemed to be made under subsection (5) of section 177 on an appeal under section 174 by statutory undertakers,
the application or appeal shall be dealt with by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.
(2)Subsection (1) applies—
(a)to operational land; and
(b)to land in which the statutory undertakers hold or propose to acquire an interest with a view to its being used for the purpose of carrying on their undertaking, where the planning permission, if granted on the application or appeal, would be for development involving the use of the land for that purpose.
(3)An application for planning permission which is deemed to have been made by virtue of section 196(6) shall be determined by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.
(4)Subject to the provisions of this Part as to compensation, the provisions of this Act shall apply to an application which is dealt with under this section by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister as if it had been dealt with by the Secretary of State.
(5)Subsection (2)(b) shall have effect in relation to the Civil Aviation Authority as if for the reference to development involving the use of land for the purpose of carrying on the Civil Aviation Authority’s undertaking there were substituted a reference to development involving the use of land for such of the purposes of carrying on that undertaking as may be prescribed by the appropriate Minister.