http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/35DPlanning Act 2008An Act to establish the Infrastructure Planning Commission and make provision about its functions; to make provision about, and about matters ancillary to, the authorisation of projects for the development of nationally significant infrastructure; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision about the imposition of a Community Infrastructure Levy; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-08-04Expert Participation2026-07-24 Part 4Requirement for development consent<Addition ChangeId="key-dc603feaada09e5eeeb40a417dde475b-1785749603461" CommentaryRef="key-dc603feaada09e5eeeb40a417dde475b">Timetable for deciding request for direction under section 35B</Addition>35D1The Secretary of State may by regulations—amake provision about time limits for decisions about whether to give directions under section 35B(1) following qualifying requests (including provision for the extension of any prescribed period in prescribed circumstances);bmake provision for and in connection with the provision of information to the Secretary of State for the purposes of such decisions.2In this section “qualifying request” means a request in relation to which the conditions in section 35B(5) or (6) are satisfied.Ss. 35B-35D inserted (24.7.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 4(4), 118(1)(c) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/641, reg. 3(a)