Chapter 4: Grant and Implementation of Planning Permission Section 109: Crown development Background
This section inserts new sections 293B to 293J into the Town and Country Planning Act (‘the Act’) to provide for two new routes to apply for planning permission for the development of Crown land in England; where the development is considered to be of national importance, and where it is necessary that the development be carried out as a matter of urgency (293B to 293C), and where development is of national importance but not considered to be urgent (293D to 293J). The provisions allow the appropriate authority (as defined in section 293 of the Act, such as Government Departments and others with a Crown or Duchy Interest) to apply to the Secretary of State for planning permission in these two circumstances instead of the Local Planning Authority.
	These apply to England only and replace the existing Crown Land provisions in 293A, which remain in place for Wales only.