Part 6: Planning in England Powers for piloting alternative provision of processing services Section 162: Regulations under section 161: general
Section 162 provides that regulations introducing pilot schemes may set out how the schemes should operate. This includes:
the eligibility of persons to be designated participants in the pilot schemes, how they will be designated, performance standards to be met and being clear how conflicts of interest and the investigation of complaints are to be dealt with;
the actions and procedures that must be followed by local planning authorities, designated persons and applicants during the pilot schemes.
	Subsection (1)(b) stipulates that if a planning application is processed by a designated person, any other connected applications (defined in section 161(6A)) must usually be processed by the same person.