The Secretary of State has the power to withdraw his decision to call in an application for planning permission under the section, where the application had seemed to raise planning issues of wider than local importance. Such a power was necessarily implied into the section, because otherwise he would be compelled to continue and make the determination despite changes in the circumstances which might make it inappropriate for him to do so.
Citations:
Times 17-May-2001
Statutes:
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 77
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Planning
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.86015
