Part 6: Planning in England Planning obligations Appointment of a person to help resolve disputes
This Schedule requires the Secretary of State to appoint someone to resolve issues that are holding up the completion of planning obligations.
	The duty to make an appointment arises where certain conditions are met. There must be an existing planning application. The local planning authority must be likely to grant planning permission if satisfactory planning obligations are entered into. There must usually be a request from the local planning authority or from the applicant.
	The Secretary of State can also make regulations setting out:
who, other than the local planning authority and applicant, could make a request for the appointment of a person;
the timing and form of requests;
that a person can be appointed if outstanding issues have not been resolved within set timeframes (regardless of whether there is a request);
further detail about appointments, including about when a request cannot be made and about when a request could be refused;
what qualifications or experience the appointed person must have; and
any fees payable.
	There are temporary restrictions on the steps that can be taken in relation to the application until the dispute resolution process concludes.