Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 6, Chapter 5: Decisions on applications Section 103: Cases where Secretary of State is, and meaning of, decision-maker
185.Subsection (1) of this section provides that the Secretary of State has the function of deciding an application for an order granting development consent where he receives a report from the Panel or a single Commissioner. Subsection (2) defines the expression “decision-maker” in relation to an application for the purposes of the Act as meaning the Panel, the Council or the Secretary of State when it or she is responsible for deciding the application.