Commentary on Sections Other infrastructure provisions Section 28: Delegation of planning functions by Mayor of London
128.Section 28 inserts two new subsections into section 38 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”): sections 38(2B) and (2C). These new subsections give the Mayor of London the power to delegate his decisions on whether to ‘call-in’ applications of potential strategic importance for his own determination; and similarly to delegate decisions on whether to grant permission in cases where an application has been called-in. The new subsections limit the persons to whom such decisions may be delegated to the Deputy Mayor and to members of staff of the Greater London Authority appointed under section 67(1) of the 1999 Act (these are the Mayor’s personal appointments of up to two political advisers and up to ten other members of staff; in practice most of these posts are occupied by the various deputy mayors).