- a licensee of the British Coal Corporation
means any person who is for the time being authorised by virtue of section 25(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1994 (coal-mining operations to be licensed) to carry on coal-mining operations to which section 25 of that Act applies.
- a licensee of the Coal Authority
means any person who is for the time being authorised by a licence under Part 2 of the Coal Industry Act 1994 to carry on coal-mining operations to which section 25 of that Act (coal-mining operations to be licensed) applies;
- academic year
means any period beginning with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July;
- active access
means a surface access to underground workings which is in normal and regular use for the transportation of coal, materials, spoil or persons;
- adjoining owner or occupier
means any owner or occupier of any premises or land adjoining the site;
- aerodrome
means an aerodrome as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Air Navigation Order 2016 which is— (a) licensed under that Order, (b) a Government aerodrome, (c) one at which the manufacture, repair or maintenance of aircraft is carried out by a person carrying on business as a manufacturer or repairer of aircraft, (d) one used by aircraft engaged in the public transport of passengers or cargo or in aerial work, or (e) one identified to the Civil Aviation Authority before 1st March 1986 for inclusion in the UK Aerodrome Index, and, for the purposes of this definition, the terms “aerial work”, “Government aerodrome” and “public transport” have the meanings given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to that Order;
- aerodrome operator
means the person who is for the time being responsible for the management of the aerodrome;
- agricultural building
means a building (excluding a dwellinghouse) used for agriculture and which is so used for the purposes of a trade or business;
- agricultural land
means land which, before development permitted by this Part is carried out, is land in use for agriculture and which is so used for the purposes of a trade or business, and excludes any dwellinghouse or garden;
- agricultural tenancy
means a tenancy under— (a) the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986;
- agricultural unit
means agricultural land which is occupied as a unit for the purposes of agriculture, including— (a) any dwelling or other building on that land occupied for the purpose of farming the land by the person who occupies the unit, or (b) any dwelling on that land occupied by a farmworker;
- agricultural use
refers to such uses;
- air traffic services
has the same meaning as in section 98 of the Transport Act 2000 (air traffic services);
- air traffic services licence holder
means a person who holds a licence under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Transport Act 2000;
- air transport services
has the same meaning as in section 82 of the Airports Act 1986;
- airbase
means the aggregate of the land, buildings and works comprised in a Government aerodrome within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Air Navigation Order 2016;
- amusement park
means an enclosed area of open land, or any part of a seaside pier, which is principally used (other than by way of a temporary use) as a funfair or otherwise for the purposes of providing public entertainment by means of mechanical amusements and side-shows;
- ancillary mining land
means land adjacent to and occupied together with a mine at which the winning and working of minerals is carried out in pursuance of planning permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part 3 (control over development) or Part 13 (application of Act to Crown land) of the Act;
- antenna system
means a set of antennas installed on a building and operated in accordance with the electronic communications code;
- appropriate authority
means—
- appropriate details
means— (a) the nature of the development;
- appropriate notice
means a notice signed and dated by or on behalf of the developer and containing— (a) the name of the developer;
- approved restoration scheme
means a restoration scheme which is approved when an application made under paragraph D.1(a)(i) is finally determined, as approved (with or without conditions), or as subsequently varied with the written approval of the mineral planning authority (with or without conditions);
- area of outstanding natural beauty
means an area designated as such by an order made by Natural England under section 82 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (designation of areas) as confirmed by the Secretary of State;
- associated operational development
means building or other operations in relation to the same building or land which are reasonably necessary to use the building or land for the use proposed under Class S.
- block of flats
means a building which consists of at least two flats. • “cross-pavement solution” means a pavement-embedded cable channel that allows a cable for the recharging of electric vehicles to safely cross a footway from a domestic premises to a parked vehicle;
- booths or stalls
includes buildings or structures similar to booths or stalls.
- broadcast or transmission
means— (a) broadcast of the film or television programme by— (i) a television programme provider, or (ii) any other person for commercial gain, (b) transmission of it, including over the internet, by— (i) a television programme provider, or (ii) any other person for commercial gain, or (c) theatrical release of it at the commercial cinema;
- building or monument
means any building or monument in the guardianship of Historic England or owned, controlled or managed by it.
- buoy or beacon
includes all other marks and signs of the sea;
- caravan
has the same meaning as for the purposes of Part 1 of the 1960 Act (caravan sites);
- caravan site
means land on which a caravan is stationed for the purpose of human habitation and land which is used in conjunction with land on which a caravan is so stationed;
- care
means personal care for people in need of such care by reason of old age, disablement, past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs or past or present mental disorder.
- carriageway
has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980;
- cemetery
has the meaning given by section 214(8) of the Local Government Act 1972;
- civil safeguarding area
means the area identified on a safeguarding map issued by the Civil Aviation Authority in relation to an aerodrome or technical site;
- classified road
means a highway or proposed highway which— (a) is a classified road or a principal road by virtue of section 12(1) of the Highways Act 1980 (general provision as to principal and classified roads);
- closed defence site
means a site which is— (a) on Crown land, (b) used exclusively for defence purposes, and (c) surrounded by a closed perimeter;
- closed prison
means a prison used for the confinement of prisoners in closed conditions located on a site with a closed perimeter;
- coal-mining operations
has the same meaning as in section 65 of the Coal Industry Act 1994 (interpretation) and references to any development or use in connection with coal-mining operations include references to development or use for or in connection with activities carried on in association with, or for purposes connected with, the carrying on of those operations;
- coal-related minerals
means minerals other than coal which can only be economically worked in association with the working of coal or which can only be economically brought to the surface by the use of a mine of coal;
- collection facility
means a building or structure designed to be used by visiting members of the public for the collection of any goods and for the storage of goods awaiting such collection;
- commercial film-making
means filming for broadcast or transmission but does not include the filming of persons paying to visit the site to participate in any leisure activity on that site including— (a) motor car and motorcycle racing including trials of speed or other motor sports, and practising for those activities, or (b) clay pigeon shooting or any war game;
- commercial premises
means any premises in the building or the surrounding area which are normally used for the purpose of carrying on any trade or business, and includes any premises licensed under the Licensing Act 2003 or any other place of public entertainment.
- commercial, business or service premises
means a building, or part of a building, used for any purpose within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order and includes buildings with other uses in other parts as long as the other uses are not within the parts being altered or extended;
- consultation and notification provision
means a provision in Schedule 2 in relation to a prior approval application which requires the local planning authority to— (a) give notice of a proposed development;
- cross-pavement solution
means a pavement-embedded cable channel that allows a cable for the recharging of electric vehicles to safely cross a footway from a domestic premises to a parked vehicle;
- cubic content
means the cubic content of a structure or building measured externally;
- curtilage
has the meaning given in paragraph X (interpretation) of this Part;
- dangerous substance
has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999;
- deemed prior approval provision
means a provision in Schedule 2 in reliance on which, after the expiry of a time period for decision under article 7 where the application has not been determined, development may begin;
- defence safeguarding area
means the area identified on a safeguarding map issued by the Secretary of State for Defence in relation to an aerodrome, a military explosives storage area or a technical site;
- deposit item
has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025;
- designated seam area
has the same meaning as in paragraph D.2 of this Part;
- detached
means that the building does not share a party wall with a neighbouring building;
- detached building
means a dwellinghouse or building, as the case may be, which does not share a party wall with a neighbouring building;
- development
includes any change of use from the use of the old building to the use of the new building within Class C3 of the Schedule to the 1987 Order;
- development ancillary to radio equipment housing
means the construction installation, alteration or replacement of structures, equipment or means of access which are ancillary to and reasonably required for the purposes of the radio equipment housing, and except on any land which is, or is within, a site of special scientific interest includes— (a) security equipment;
- drainage body
has the same meaning as in section 72(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (interpretation) other than the Environment Agency.
- driver information system operator
means a person granted an operator's licence under section 10 of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (operators' licences);
- electric line
has the meaning given by section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 (interpretation etc. of Part 1).
- electrical outlet
means a dedicated charging point for the recharging of electric vehicles not including by means of a standard domestic plug and socket, and including any casing of that electrical outlet;
- electrical plant
has the meaning given by section 64(1) to that Act;
- electronic communication
has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
- electronic communications code operator
means a person in whose case the electronic communications code is applied by a direction under section 106(3)(a) of the Communications Act 2003;
- electronic communications line
means a line which forms part of an electronic communications apparatus, (and both line and electronic communications apparatus have the meaning given in paragraph 5 of the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code)).
- electronic communications service
means a service falling within the definition of that term in section 32(2) of the Communications Act 2003;
- emergency
means an event or situation which threatens serious damage to human welfare in a place in the United Kingdom;
- employee facilities
means social, care or recreational facilities provided for employees or servants of the Crown, including crèche facilities provided for the children of such employees or servants.
- established agricultural unit
means agricultural land occupied as a unit for the purposes of agriculture— (a) for the purposes of Class R, on or before 3rd July 2012 or for 10 years before the date the development begins;
- European site
has the meaning given by regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 • “existing”, in relation to any building or any plant or machinery or any use, means (except in the definition of “original”) existing immediately before the carrying out, in relation to that building, plant, machinery or use, of development described in this Order;
- excluded demolition
means demolition— (a) on land which is the subject of a planning permission, for the redevelopment of the land, granted on an application or deemed to be granted under Part 3 of the Act (control over development), (b) permitted to be carried out by a consent under Part 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (scheduled monument consent), (c) permitted to be carried out by a consent under Part 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (listed building consent), (d) required or permitted to be carried out by or under any other enactment, or (e) required to be carried out by virtue of a relevant obligation;
- facilities for the collection of tolls
means such buildings, structures, or other facilities as are reasonably required for the purpose of or in connection with the collection of tolls in pursuance of a toll order;
- filming period
means a period, not exceeding 12 months in total, during which the land or building is used for commercial film-making (including activities preparatory to, or otherwise related to, that film-making) under Class E;
- fish farming
means the breeding, rearing or keeping of fish or shellfish (which includes any kind of crustacean and mollusc);
- fixed-line broadband
means a service or connection (commonly referred to as being ‘always on’), via a fixed-line network, providing a bandwidth greater than narrowband (and for these purposes, “narrowband” means a service or connection providing data speeds up to 128 k bit/s);
- flat
means a separate and self-contained premises constructed for use for the purposes of a dwellinghouse;
- flexible use
means use of any building or land for a use falling within the list of uses set out in Class D(b) and change of use (in accordance with Class D) between any use in that list.
- floor space
means the total floor space in a building or buildings;
- footway
has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980.
- general industrial use
means a use falling within Class B2 (general industrial) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order;
- goods vehicle
has the meaning given in section 192 of the Road Traffic Act 1988;
- ground level
means the level of the surface of the ground immediately adjacent to the building or plant or machinery in question or, where the level of the surface of the ground on which it is situated or is to be situated is not uniform, the level of the highest part of the surface of the ground adjacent to it.
- groundwater
has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016;
- habitable rooms
means any rooms used or intended to be used for sleeping or living which are not solely used for cooking purposes, but does not include bath or toilet facilities, service rooms, corridors, laundry rooms, hallways or utility rooms;
- health service body
means— (a) the National Health Service Commissioning Board;
- highway
includes an unadopted street or a private way;
- historic visitor attraction
means a listed building accessible by members of the public (whether or not for an entry fee) for the purposes of promoting their enjoyment, and advancing their knowledge, of the building;
- industrial building
means a building used for the carrying out of an industrial process and includes a building used for the carrying out of such a process on land used as a dock, harbour or quay for the purposes of an industrial undertaking and land used for research and development of products or processes, but does not include a building on land in or adjacent to and occupied together with a mine;
- industrial land
means land used for the carrying out of an industrial process, including land used for the purposes of an industrial undertaking as a dock, harbour or quay but does not include land in or adjacent to and occupied together with a mine.
- industrial process
means a process for or incidental to any of the following purposes— (a) the making of any article or part of any article (including a ship or vessel, or a film, video or sound recording);
- industrial services
means services provided from premises with a light industrial use or a use falling within Class B2 (general industrial) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order;
- land drainage
has the same meaning as in section 116 of the Land Drainage Act 1976 (interpretation);
- legible in all material respects
means that the information contained in the notice or document is available to the recipient to no lesser extent than it would be if sent or given by means of a document in printed form.
- licensed operator
has the same meaning as in section 65 of the Coal Industry Act 1994;
- light industrial use
means a use falling within Class B1(c) (light industrial) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order;
- lighthouse
includes any floating and other light exhibited for the guidance of ships, and also any sirens and any other description of fog signals.
- 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);
- livestock
includes fish or shellfish which are farmed;
- loading bay
means any facility, including vehicle ramps, for the loading or unloading of goods vehicles;
- local advertisement
means publication of the notice in at least one newspaper circulating in the locality in which— (a) in the case of a direction, the area or, as the case may be, the whole or relevant part of the conservation area to which the direction relates is situated;
- local authority
includes a parish council, a National Park authority and the Broads Authority.
- local planning authority
means the local planning authority whose function it would be to determine an application for planning permission for the development to which the direction relates or is proposed to relate;
- machinery
includes any structure or erection in the nature of machinery;
- mast
means a radio mast or radio tower;
- microgeneration
has the same meaning as in section 82(6) of the Energy Act 2004;
- microwave
means that part of the radio spectrum above 1,000 MHz;
- microwave antenna
means a satellite antenna or a terrestrial microwave antenna;
- military explosives storage area
means any area, including an aerodrome, depot, mooring or port, at which the storage of military explosives may be undertaken and for which the associated explosives safeguarding zone is identified on a safeguarding map, issued by the Secretary of State, provided to the local planning authority for the purposes of a direction made by the Secretary of State in exercise of powers conferred by article 31(1) of the Procedure Order (or any previous powers to the like effect);
- mine
means any site on which mining operations are carried out;
- mineral exploration
means ascertaining the presence, extent or quality of any deposit of a mineral with a view to exploiting that mineral;
- mining operations
means the winning and working of minerals in, on or under land, whether by surface or underground working;
- narrowband
means a service or connection providing data speeds up to 128 k bit/s);
- National Planning Policy Framework
means the National Planning Policy Framework issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in August 2026;
- non-residential building
means a building which is used exclusively for defence purposes other than as— (a) single living accommodation, or (b) a dwellinghouse within the meaning of Class C3 of Schedule 1 to the Use Classes Order;
- normal and regular use
means use other than intermittent visits to inspect and maintain the fabric of the mine or any plant or machinery;
- notifiable pipe-line
means a major accident hazard pipeline (as described in regulation 18 of the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996) but does not include a pipeline the construction of which has been authorised under section 1 of the Pipe-lines Act 1962;
- office building
means a building used for any purpose within Class E(g)(i) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order (offices);
- open prison
means a prison used for the confinement of prisoners in open conditions located on a site without a closed perimeter;
- operational building
means, for the purposes of Class F, a building, other than a hotel, required in connection with the movement or maintenance of aircraft, or with the embarking, disembarking, loading, discharge or transport of passengers, livestock or goods at a relevant airport;
- operational Crown building
means a building which is operational Crown land;
- operational Crown land
means— (a) Crown land which is used for operational purposes;
- operational purposes
means the purposes of carrying on the functions of the Crown or of either House of Parliament;
- original
means— (a) in relation to a building, other than a building which is Crown land, existing on 1st July 1948, as existing on that date;
- original school, college, university, prison or hospital building
means original building which is a school, college, university, prison or hospital building, as the case may be, other than any building erected at any time under Class M;
- owner
means any person who is the estate owner in respect of the fee simple, or who is entitled to a tenancy granted or extended for a term of years certain of which not less than 7 years remain unexpired;
- painting
includes any application of colour.
- pandemic
means a public health emergency of international concern within the meaning given by the International Health Regulations (2005) of the World Health Organisation adopted by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly on 23rd May 2005;
- pay day loan shop
has the meaning given in the Use Classes Order;
- permitted compound
means a compound which— (a) is no more than 100 square metres in area;
- plant
includes any structure or erection in the nature of plant;
- plug-in solar
means solar photovoltaics that are intended for connection to the relevant domestic premises’ electricity installation by means of a standard plug and socket;
- previous coal-mining operations
has the same meaning as in section 54(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1994 (obligations to restore land affected by coal-mining operations) and references in Class D to the use of anything in connection with any such operations include references to its use for or in connection with activities carried on in association with, or for purposes connected with, the carrying on of those operations;
- principal part
means the main part of the building excluding any front, side or rear extension of a lower height, whether this forms part of the original building or a subsequent addition;
- prior approval application
has the same meaning as in section 69A(2) of the Act.
- prior approval date
means the date on which— (a) prior approval is given;
- prison
has the same meaning as in Class M of this Part.
- private way
means a highway not maintainable at the public expense and any other way other than a highway;
- Procedure Order
means the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015;
- proposed highway
has the same meaning as in section 329 of the Highways Act 1980 (further provision as to interpretation);
- protected building
means any permanent building which is normally occupied by people or would be so occupied, if it were in use for purposes for which it is designed;
- protected groundwater source area
means any land at a depth of less than 1,200 metres beneath a relevant surface area.
- provision of takeaway food
includes any use for any purpose within article 3(6)(r) of the Use Classes Order, and any use for the provision of hot or cold food that has been prepared for consumers for collection or delivery to be consumed, reheated or cooked by consumers off the premises.
- public call box
means any kiosk, booth, acoustic hood, shelter or similar structure which is erected or installed for the purpose of housing or supporting electronic communications apparatus and at which an electronic communications service is provided (or is to be provided) by an electronic communications code operator;
- public holiday
means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 is a bank holiday in England;
- public service vehicle
means— (a) a public service vehicle within the meaning of section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (definition of public service vehicles), or (b) a tramcar or trolley vehicle within the meaning of section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (general interpretation);
- published admission number
means the number of pupils of any relevant age group at the school determined by the admission authority under sections 88C and 88D of the School Standards Framework Act 1998;
- purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such
includes the keeping of poultry, bees, pet animals, birds or other livestock for the domestic needs or personal enjoyment of the occupants of the dwellinghouse.
- RAAC
means reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete;
- railway undertakers
has the same meaning as in section 329 of the Highways Act 1980 (further provision as to interpretation);
- raised platform
means a platform with a height greater than 0.3 metres, and • “ commercial, business or service premises ” means a building, or part of a building, used for any purpose within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order and includes buildings with other uses in other parts as long as the other uses are not within the parts being altered or extended;
- rear or side extension
includes an original part of, or a subsequent extension of, the dwellinghouse that extends from the rear or side of the principal part of the original dwellinghouse.
- reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture
includes, in relation to the extension or alteration of an agricultural building, for housing a biomass boiler or an anaerobic digestion system;
- recreational organisation
means an organisation holding a certificate of exemption under section 269 of the Public Health Act 1936 (power of local authority to control use of moveable dwellings).
- registered nursery
means non-domestic premises in respect of which a person is registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 to provide early years provision;
- relevant airport
means an airport to which Part 5 of the Airports Act 1986 (status of certain airport operators as statutory undertakers etc.) applies;
- relevant airport operator
means a relevant airport operator within the meaning of section 57A of the Airports Act 1986 (scope of Part 5);
- relevant date
means 21st December 2023 in the case of the development of an open prison building and 21st April 2021 in the case of all other development;
- relevant day
means— (a) 7th June 2006;
- relevant drinking water supply undertaker
means any water undertaker in whose area of appointment development will take place and, in the case where the development is likely to affect water resources in the area of appointment of another water undertaker, that undertaker;
- relevant location
means a highway, waterway or open space.
- relevant Minister
means the Secretary of State with policy responsibility for schools;
- relevant obligation
means— (a) an obligation arising under an agreement made under section 106 of the Act, as originally enacted (agreements regulating development or use of land);
- relevant period
means a period which expires when the need for any electronic communications apparatus, structure or use permitted by Class A ceases or, if sooner, 18 months from the commencement of the construction, installation, alteration or replacement of apparatus or structures permitted by Class A(a) or Class A(c), or the commencement of the use permitted by Class A(b), as the case may be.
- relevant scheme
means a scheme, other than a waste management scheme, requiring approval by the mineral planning authority in accordance with a condition or limitation on any planning permission granted or deemed to be granted under Part 3 (control over development) or Part 13 (application of Act to Crown land) of the Act, for making provision for the manner in which the deposit of waste is to be carried out and for the carrying out of other activities in relation to that deposit;
- relevant surface area
means any land at the surface that is—
- relevant time
means— (a) where development begins after 25th October 2023, before development begins or as soon as reasonably practicable after it has begun;
- restoration scheme
means a scheme which makes provision for the reinstatement, restoration or aftercare (or a combination of these) of any land which is an authorised site and has been used at any time for or in connection with any previous coal-mining operations at that mine;
- resulting roof space
means the roof space as enlarged, taking into account any enlargement to the original roof space, whether permitted by this Class or not.
- reverse vending machine
means a machine for the purpose of accepting deposit items, reimbursing deposits for each deposit item accepted, and retaining the deposit item for collection and any associated enclosure, building, canopy or other structure;
- roof enclosure
includes any balustrade, railing, parapet or other enclosure installed on the roof of a building;
- rooftop structure
has the meaning given in paragraph D.3 of Part 9;
- safeguarded land
means land which— (a) is necessary to be safeguarded for aviation or defence purposes;
- safeguarding map
means— (a) a map which meets the definition of “safeguarding map” in the Safeguarding Direction;
- safety hazard area
means an area notified to the local planning authority— (a) by the Health and Safety Executive for the purposes of paragraph (e) of the Table in Schedule 4 to the Procedure Order (or any previous powers to the like effect);
- satellite antenna
means apparatus designed for transmitting microwave radio energy to satellites or receiving it from them, and includes any mountings or brackets attached to such apparatus;
- scheduled monument
has the same meaning as in section 1(11) of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (schedule of monuments);
- school
includes—
- school land
means land available for use by a school for a purpose falling within Class F.1(a) (provision of education) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order.
- seam plan
means a plan on a scale of not less than 1 to 25,000 showing— (a) land comprising the maximum extent of the coal seam or seams that could have been worked from shafts or drifts existing at a mine at 13th November 1992, without further development on an authorised site other than development permitted by Class B of Part 20 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988, as originally enacted;
- services
means water, drainage, electricity, gas, and other services to the extent reasonably necessary for the new building to function as the building in question as defined by sub-paragraph (2) above.
- shop
means a building used for any purpose within Class E(a) (display or retail sale of goods other than hot food) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order.
- significant alteration
means any extension or alteration, as the case may be, of the building where the cubic content of the original building would be exceeded by more than 10% or the height of the building as extended or altered would exceed the height of the original building;
- single living accommodation
means a building used for the purpose of providing living accommodation for single or unaccompanied persons.
- site
means the building and any land within its curtilage;
- site display
means the posting of the notice by firmly attaching it to some object, sited and displayed in such a way as to be easily visible and legible by members of the public;
- site notice
means a notice containing— (a) the name of the applicant, (b) a description, including the address, of the building or buildings which it is proposed to be demolished, (c) a statement that the applicant has applied to the local planning authority for a determination as to whether the prior approval of the authority will be required as to the method of demolition and any proposed restoration of the site, (d) the date on which the applicant proposes to carry out the demolition, and (e) the name and address of the local planning authority, and which is signed and dated by or on behalf of the applicant;
- site of archaeological interest
means land which— (a) is included in the schedule of monuments compiled by the Secretary of State under section 1 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 (sites of special scientific interest, notification of additional land and enlargement of SSSI) applies;
- sludge main
means a pipe or system of pipes (together with any pumps or other machinery or apparatus associated with it) for the conveyance of the residue of water or sewage treated in a water or sewage treatment works as the case may be, including final effluent or the products of the dewatering or incineration of such residue, or partly for any of those purposes and partly for the conveyance of trade effluent or its residue.
- slurry
means animal faeces and urine (whether or not water has been added for handling);
- small antenna
means an antenna which— (a) is for use in connection with a telephone system operating on a point to fixed multi-point basis;
- small apparatus
means—
- small cell system
means low-power wireless network access equipment operating within a small range (irrespective of whether the underlying network topology is mobile or fixed), together with any ancillary apparatus, which— (a) operates on a point to multi-point or area basis in connection with an electronic communications service (as defined in section 32 of the Communications Act 2003);
- solar canopy
means a canopy structure— (a) installed with solar PV or solar thermal equipment, and (b) open on all sides or, in the case of development adjoining a building, on three sides;
- solar PV
means solar photovoltaics including plug-in solar;
- stand-alone solar
means solar PV or solar thermal equipment which is not installed on a building;
- stand-alone wind turbine
means a wind turbine which is not fixed to a building;... • “standard plug” and “socket” have the same meaning as in the Plugs and Sockets etc.
- state-funded school
means a school funded wholly or mainly from public funds, including— (a) an Academy school, an alternative provision Academy or a 16 to 19 Academy established under the Academies Act 2010;
- statutory undertaker
includes, in addition to any person mentioned in section 262(1) of the Act (meaning of statutory undertakers) — (a) a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Part);