2(1)In section 2A (Mayor of London: applications of strategic importance) after subsection (1A) insert—E+W
“(1B)Where this section applies to an application for planning permission made to the Secretary of State under section 62A, the Mayor of London may direct—
(a)that the application is to be treated as having been made to the local planning authority (and not to the Secretary of State under section 62A), and
(b)that the Mayor of London is to be the local planning authority for the purposes of determining the application.”
(2)In consequence—
(a)in section 2A(2) after “(1)” insert “ or (1B) ”, and
(b)in section 2C(1) after “to whom the original application was made” insert “ or to whom the original application would have been made had it not been made to the Secretary of State under section 62A ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 9.5.2013 for specified purposes for E. by S.I. 2013/1124, art. 2
I2Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 1.10.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/2143, art. 2(a)
I3Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 1.10.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/1531, art. 2