Member

However, having published that working paper, in May the Government published their technical consultation on reform of planning committees, including the national scheme of delegation, and option one disappeared. What we have instead is a division between those that are tier A or tier B; it was, essentially, simply a measure of relative scale. Minor developments would be delegated to planning officers. Frankly, the Government have funked it. There was a clear basis for a national scheme of delegation based on decisions made in accordance with the development plan, and that should have been the central principle for a national scheme of delegation.