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(1)This section applies where —
(a)the appropriate authority has made a relevant application to the Secretary of State under section 293B, and
(b)the Secretary of State has given notice under section 293B(5) agreeing to determine the application.
(2)Before determining the application, the Secretary of State must consult the following persons about the application—
(a)the local planning authority to which the application could otherwise have been made, and
(b)such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3)A development order may make provision as to the consultation required by subsection (2) including—
(a)provision requiring the Secretary of State to consult other specified persons (or persons of a specified description);
(b)provision as to the manner in which persons may be consulted;
(c)different provision for different cases or classes of development.
(4)The Secretary of State may—
(a)grant the application, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State thinks fit, or
(b)refuse it.
(5)The Secretary of State must notify the local planning authority to whom the application could otherwise have been made of the Secretary of State’s decision on the application.
(6)The decision of the Secretary of State on the application is final.
(7)Section 73A applies, with any necessary modifications, to an application for planning permission under section 293B as it applies to an application for planning permission which is to be determined by the local planning authority under Part 3.
(8)The following provisions do not apply for the purposes of determining an application for planning permission under section 293B—
(a)section 58B(1) of this Act;
(b)sections 66(1) and 72(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 293B-293J inserted (26.12.2023 for specified purposes) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 109(2), 255(3) (with s. 247)
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