Sch 7A para 12C General Rule
The general rule does not apply where— (a) the Mayor of London has given a direction under section 2A (applications of strategic importance) (see instead paragraphs 12D and 12E); (b) a combined authority has granted planning permission in exercise of a power that corresponds to section 2A (see instead paragraph 12G); (c) an order is made under another Act providing for who is to be the local planning authority for the purposes of Schedule 7A (see instead paragraph 12H).