The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (England) Order 2010

9.  In paragraph 14— E+W

(a) renumber the existing provision as sub-paragraph (1),

(b) before the definition of “building” insert—

“approved section of the English coastal route” means a route in relevant approved proposals, other than an official alternative route,

(c)

for the definition of “building” substitute—

““building”—

(a)

includes any structure or erection and any part of a building as so defined, but

(b)

does not include any fence or wall, anything which is a means of access as defined by section 34 or, in the case of land which is coastal margin, any slipway, hard or quay;

and for this purpose “structure” includes any tent, caravan or other temporary or moveable structure;”,

(d)

after that definition insert—

““burial ground” means a place which, for the time being, is set apart as a churchyard, cemetery or other ground (whether or not consecrated) in which bodies are interred;

“coastal route strip” means—

(a)

land over which the line of an approved section of the English coastal route, or an official alternative route, passes, and

(b)

subject to sub-paragraph (2), land which is adjacent to and within 2 metres either side of such a line;”,

(e)

after the definition of “development” and “minerals” insert—

““official alternative route” has the same meaning as in section 3A;”,

(f)

after the definition of “ploughing” and “drilling” insert—

““regulated caravan or camping site” means—

(a)

land which is used for the purposes of a caravan site (within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960(1)) by virtue of–

(i)

a site licence issued under Part 1 of that Act (caravan site licences),

(ii)

a certificate issued under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to that Act (sites approved by exempted organisations), or

(iii)

paragraph 11 of that Schedule (land occupied by a local authority as a caravan site), or

(b)

land which is used for the purposes of a site for tents or other moveable dwellings (within the meaning of section 269 of the Public Health Act 1936(2)) by virtue of a licence issued under subsection (1)(i) of that section (disregarding any certificate under subsection (6) of that section which has the effect of a licence);

“relevant approved proposals” has the same meaning as in section 3A;”, and

(g)

after sub-paragraph (1) add—

“(2) Where relevant approved proposals contain a proposal under section 55D(2)(c) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949(3) for the landward or seaward boundary of any part of a coastal route strip excluded from a description of excepted land by paragraph 1, 7, 13A or 13C to coincide with a physical feature identified in the proposal, the boundary in question is to coincide with that feature.”.

(1)

1960 c. 62.

(2)

1936 c. 49.

(3)

Section 55D was inserted by section 302 of the 2009 Act.