Chapter 4: Grant and Implementation of Planning Permission Chapter 6: Other Provision Section 127: Power to shorten deadline for examination of development consent order applications Effect
Subsection (2) inserts a new subsection (4A) into section 98 of the Planning Act 2008 which gives the Secretary of State the power to set a shorter timescale (than the six months set out in section 98(1)).
	Subsection (3) adds a reference to subsection (4A) into section 98(6) of the 2008 Act, so that the notification and publicity requirements set out in sections 98(7) and (8) apply when the power under subsection (4A) is exercised.