Member

The original planning application is now over six years old, and the world and Westminster have changed. The Government must know about the requirements—which the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, spelled out—of how to handle a reapplication. It is therefore not the case, as the Minister has said repeatedly, that a Minister will take the decision on what to do about the planning application, because the rules are laid out, as the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, explained.