“Service on the relevant interested parties of a direction by the Secretary State to recover jurisdiction over a planning appeal pursuant to paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was not required before such a direction would be deemed effective, the making of the direction and its service being two separate and distinct actions under the scheme of the legislation.”
WLR Daily, 21st October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
