Sections 293B and 293C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) (as inserted by section 109 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55)) provide a route for applications for planning permission for Crown development in England where the development is considered to be of national importance, and where it is also necessary that the development be carried out as a matter of urgency.