Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 6, Chapter 1 –Handling of application by the Commission Section 61: Initial choice of Panel or single Commissioner
135.This section provides that when the Commissioner accepts an application for an order granting development consent, the chair must decide whether the application should be handled by a Panel or by a single Commissioner. In making this decision, the chair must have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State and to the views of any of the other Commissioners and the chief executive of the Commission.