Housing and Regeneration Bill
3:00 pm
Yvette Cooper: I do not think that in Milton Keynes it was viewed as a last resort. So I think that those are not what you would expect to be the usual arrangements. They were used in Milton Keynes because there are unusual circumstances there, due to the nature and scale of the development, the ownership of the land and the history of Milton Keynes. The right way to see it is that it would not be expected to be the normal arrangement that the HTA became the planning authority, but there may be specific arrangements, such as those for Milton Keynes, for which it might be appropriate.