§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what powers he has to intervene to establish legal planning conditions in a dispute arising from amended planning permission expiring under the Town and Country Planning Act 1991.
§ Mr. BaldryThe Secretary of State has the power to call in planning applications—including applications to vary conditions previously attached to a planning permission—for his own determination by virtue of section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The Secretary of State also has the duty to determine appeals made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
In exceptional circumstances, the Secretary of State has the power to make orders to revoke or modify planning permissions or to discontinue any use of land.