These Regulations amend, in relation to England and Wales, the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, by excluding from the ambit of regulation 9 those planning authorities which are the sole local authority for their area, so that they may grant themselves permission which enures for the benefit of the land. Regulation 9 (effect of planning permission) of the principal Regulations provides an exception to the rule that planning permission enures for the benefit of the land. Where a