Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 6, Chapter 1 –Handling of application by the Commission Section 62: Switching from single Commissioner to Panel
136.This section provides that where an application for an order granting development consent is being handled by a single Commissioner, the chair can decide that it should instead by handled by a Panel. In making this decision, the chair must have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State and to the views of other Commissioners and the chief executive of the Commission.