Originally Posted by
southside bobby
Basically correct of course AirportPlanner1 but the application/reapplication process would have run on & on with far more delaying/aborting attempts from the "new age" lobbyist groups now & the ever present SSE.
Again, not quite true. For a national infrastructure application such as Heathrow’s new runway indeed things could be kicked into the long grass. For more ‘general’ applications such as the recent one to Uttlesford there would be a set timeframe to handle the appeal. Of course, the Secretary of State could call any application in but again there *should* be compelling reasons for doing so and an unlawful/unreasonable decision could be challenged. In any case, intervention should come with relatively minimal delay.