Member

This is why, when we came to power, we decided to take forward the provisions in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act that legislate for new Crown development routes in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, mentioned. It is worth reiterating that these new routes can be used only where it is justified. Crown development provisions in the Town and Country Planning Act require that applications be accepted by the Secretary of State only if he deems that the proposed development is of national importance and, in the case of the urgent Crown development route, urgent.