Chapter 4: Grant and Implementation of Planning Permission 293E Crown development: connected applications to the Secretary of State Effect
Section 293E enables appropriate authorities to also submit ‘connected applications’ directly to the Secretary of State where they have made a relevant application under section 293D, and Secretary of State considers the proposed development is of national importance. These include applications for Listed Building Consent, Hazardous Substance consent, or where they meet a prescribed description set out in a development order – this is so the various connected consents can be considered by the same decision-maker. If the Secretary of State does not consider these applications are ‘connected’ to the relevant application the Secretary of State may refer the application to the authority to whom it would have been otherwise been made for them to determine.