Chapter 4: Grant and Implementation of Planning Permission Chapter 6: Other Provision Section 131: Power for appointees to vary determinations as to procedure Effect
Subsections (a) and (b) amend existing legislation within Schedule 6 to TCPA 1990 to enable an appointed Planning Inspector, rather than a case officer to change the procedure determining a planning appeal, under s319A of that Act, where it is considered that an alternative procedure would be more appropriate. Currently, only a case officer is able to change the mode of procedure.