- aerodrome
means a defined area on land or water (including any buildings and other installations) intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft;
- annex 2 application
means an application for authorisation under a special order in respect of development of any description in Schedule 1 or 2 respectively;
- controlled waste
has the meaning assigned to it by section 30(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974;
- development corporation
means a corporation established by order made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
- document
includes a map, diagram, illustration or other descriptive matter in any form and also includes where appropriate a copy of a document;
- effects
includes secondary, cumulative, short, medium and long-term, permanent, temporary, positive and negative effects.
- electricity application
means an annex 1 application or an annex 2 application.
- environmental assessment
means an assessment in accordance with Council Directive No 85/337/EEC:” “• “environmental statement” has the meaning provided by section 20A(2) of this Act;”
- environmental information
means (a) any environmental statement required to be provided under these Regulations, (b) any representations made by any authority, body or person required by the Regulations to be invited to make representations (or consulted), and (c) any representations duly made by any other person about the likely environmental effects of the proposed development;
- environmental statement
has the meaning provided by section 20A(2) of this Act;”
- exempt development
means development which is the subject of a direction by the Secretary of State that these regulations do not apply in relation to it;
- general development order
means the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Order 1981;
- improvement order
means an order made by the Secretary of State in accordance with the First Schedule to the Act;
- local authority
means any regional, islands or district council;
- neighbouring land
has the same meaning as in article 2(1) of the general development order.
- planning authority
means— (a) Borders Regional Council, Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council and Highland Regional Council, (b) any district council, except a council for a district within any of the regions mentioned in paragraph (a) above, and (c) Orkney Islands Council, Shetland Islands Council and the Western Isles Islands Council.
- regional planning authority
means the council of a Region other than the Highland Region, the Borders Region and the Dumfries and Galloway Region;
- register
means a register of applications for planning permission kept by the planning authority under section 31(2) in the manner prescribed in article 17(1) of the general development order;
- reporter
means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under Schedule 7 to the Act to determine an appeal under section 33, or to report to the Secretary of State on an application for planning permission referred to the Secretary of State under section 32 or which is the subject of an appeal under section 33;
- special order
means an order made, or having effect as if made, under section 21 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 and section 6(2) of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
- special road
means a special road authorised by means of a scheme (other than a scheme made by the Secretary of State) under section 7 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 for the use of traffic falling within Classes I and II in Schedule 3 to that Act;
- special waste
means waste which is special waste for the purposes of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980;
- specific development
means any particularised project or development, which is development of any description in Schedule 1 or 2, to be carried out by the development corporation in accordance with proposals approved by the Secretary of State under section 6(1) of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968, or by any person in circumstances where the carrying out of development by that person is deemed under a special order to be the carrying out of development by the development corporation;
- specific development application
means an annex 1 application or an annex 2 application.
- statutory body
means any body exercising functions conferred on it by or under any enactment;
- the 1981 Regulations
means the Town and Country Planning (Development by Planning Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 1981;
- the Act
means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 and expressions used in these Regulations which are also used in the Act have the same meaning as they have in the Act;
- the appropriate environmental body
means— a The Countryside Commission for Scotland, if the proposal relates to land falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (5) above;
- the relevant date
means— a in a case falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, the date of the publication of the draft order;