1. These are cases of major significance which the Secretary of State
may recover for determination. In these cases, the Inspector will carry out a site visit, hearing or inquiry in the usual way, but then prepare a report. The report will describe the site in question, summarise the case for both the appellant and the authority, outline the Inspector’s conclusions and make a recommendation about the decision which will be made by the Secretary of State.

2. Each case will be looked at on an individual basis and it is not possible to anticipate every kind of appeal which might fall into this category, but they may include for example:

Cases involving processes or sites of major importance
Cases giving rise to significant public controversy
Cases which raise significant legal difficulties
Cases which can only be decided in conjunction with other cases over which Inspectors have no jurisdiction
Cases which raise major or novel issues of industrial pollution control which could set a policy precedent, for example cases involving the use of new techniques
Other cases which, exceptionally, merit recovery because of the particular circumstances