- adjoining owner or occupier
means any owner or occupier of any land adjoining the land to which the application relates;
- building
includes any structure or erection, and any part of a building, as defined in this article, but does not include plant or machinery or any structure in the nature of plant or machinery;
- by local advertisement
means by publication of the notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application relates is situated;
- by site display
means by the posting of the notice by firm affixture to some object, sited and displayed in such a way as to be easily visible and legible by members of the public;
- caravan
has the same meaning as for the purposes of Part I of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (caravan sites);
- classified road
means a highway or proposed highway which—
- coal
means coal other than that—
- county matter
has the meaning given to that expression in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act (local planning authorities — distribution of functions).
- flat
means a separate and self–contained set of premises constructed or adapted for use for the purpose of a dwelling and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally;
- floor space
means the total floor space in a building or buildings;
- industrial process
means a process for or incidental to any of the following purposes—
- landscaping
means the treatment of land (other than buildings) being the site or part of the site in respect of which an outline planning permission is granted, for the purpose of enhancing or protecting the amenities of the site and the area in which it is situated and includes screening by fences, walls or other means, the planting of trees, hedges, shrubs or grass, the formation of banks, terraces or other earthworks, the laying out of gardens or courts, and the provision of other amenity features;
- listed building
has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (listing of buildings of special architectural or historic interest);
- major development
means development involving any one or more of the following— (a) the winning and working of minerals or the use of land for mineral–working deposits;
- mine
means any site on which mining operations are carried out);
- mining operations
means the winning and working of minerals in, on or under land, whether by surface or underground working;
- new street
includes a continuation of an existing street;
- outline planning permission
means a planning permission for the erection of a building, which is granted subject to a condition requiring the subsequent approval of the local planning authority with respect to one or more reserved matters;
- proposed highway
has the same meaning as in section 329 of the Highways Act 1980 (further provision as to interpretation);
- requisite notice
means notice in the appropriate form set out in Schedule 3 to this Order or in a form substantially to the like effect;
- scheduled monument
has the same meaning as in section 1(11) of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (schedule of monuments);
- site of special scientific interest
means land to which section 28(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (areas of special scientific interest) applies;
- slurry
means animal faeces and urine (whether or not water has been added for handling), and “caravan” has the same meaning as for the purposes of Part I of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (caravan sites);
- special road
means a highway or proposed highway which is a special road in accordance with section 16 of the Highways Act 1980 (general provisions as to special roads);
- street
has the same meaning as in section 48(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (streets, street works and undertakers), and “new street” includes a continuation of an existing street;
- tenant
means the tenant of an agricultural holding any part of which is comprised in the land to which an application relates.
- the Act
means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
- the local planning register authority
means—
- theatre
has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Theatres Trust Act 1976 (interpretation);
- trunk road
means a highway or proposed highway which is a trunk road by virtue of sections 10(1) or 19 of the Highways Act 1980 (general provisions as to trunk roads, and certain special roads and other highways to become trunk roads) or any other enactment or any instrument made under any enactment.
- waste development
means any operational development designed to be used wholly or mainly for the purpose of, or a material change of use to, treating, storing, processing or disposing of refuse or waste materials.
- waste regulation authority
has the same meaning as in section 30(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (authorities for purposes of Part II).