Planning Bill
12:00 pm
Robert Upton: I think that the national policy statement states an intention. We think that that intention should be as specific as possible, so that there can be the most adequate consultation, but I do not think that it amounts to a planning consent. There are questions around what the IPC should be able to consider in seeking to determine whether a development consent should be given. Should it be restricted simply to the national policy statement or should it be in general accordance with the national policy statement? To what extent should the IPC have regard to all other national policy statements, to planning policy statements and to local development frameworks?