Article 3 Planning functions of the development corporation
(1)
The development corporation shall be the local planning authority for the development area, in place of any other authority which would otherwise be the local planning authority, for all the purposes of Part III of the 1990 Act in relation to all kinds of development.
(2)
The development corporation shall have in the whole of the development area, and in place of any authority (except the Secretary of State) which would otherwise have them, the functions conferred by all the provisions of the 1990 Act and the Listed Buildings Act specified in Part I of Schedule 29 to the 1980 Act.