That means Powys council will decide planning on the 19 acre electricity sub station which the National Grid wants to build, but the power lines are to be decided by the IPC - the Infrastructure Planning Commission - set up by the previous Labour government to fast-track and speed up planning on nationally important projects.

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Both had the advantage of building on an established planning grid introduced by a colonial ruler and both have the power to limit immigration and thus size.

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