Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 6, Chapter 5: Decisions on applications Section 104: Decisions of Panel and Council
186.This section provides that where a Panel or the Council is responsible for deciding an application for an order granting development consent, it must have regard to:
187.Subsection (3) provides that the Panel or Council must decide the application in accordance with any relevant national policy statement, except to the extent that one of the exceptions in sub-sections (4) to (8) applies.