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The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Planning applications could be processed by a “designated person” rather than a local planning authority, under an amendment put forward by the government in the Housing and Planning Bill. Communities secretary, Greg Clark, has tabled an amendment which says a planning application can be “determined……….to be processed if the applicant so chooses, not by that authority but by a designated person”. In a Commons debate last night Mr Clark said the amendment would “test the benefits of introducing competition in the processing of planning applications”. He added: “New clause 43 would give the secretary of state the power, by regulation, to introduce pilot schemes for competition in the processing of applications for planning permission. It will also give him the power to designate who participates in a pilot scheme.” Mr Clark stressed the move is about “competition for the processing of applications” and not about planning decisions, which will remai...