Town and Country Planning Act 1962

160 Development requiring authorisation of government department

(1) Where, under the enactments regulating the carrying on of a statutory undertaking, the authorisation of a government department is required in respect of any development of operational land, and that department propose to decide—

(a) to refuse the authorisation on the grounds that planning permission ought not to be granted for the development, and on no other grounds, or

(b) to grant the authorisation and direct that planning permission shall be deemed to be granted subject to conditions other than conditions imposed as part of the authorisation,

the provisions of subsection (2) of the last preceding section shall apply (subject to any necessary modifications) in relation to that decision, and to the proposal to make that decision, as they apply in relation to any such decision or proposed decision as is mentioned in that subsection.

(2) Where the authorisation of a government department is required as mentioned in the preceding subsection, then, except where that authorisation has been granted without any direction as to the grant of planning permission, the Minister and the appropriate Minister shall not be required to deal with an application for planning permission under subsection (1) of the last preceding section.

(3) The provisions of subsection (3) of section forty-one of this Act shall have effect for the purposes of this section as they have effect for the purposes of that section.