SCHEDULE 1Amendments of Part 1 of the CROW Act
PART 1Excepted land for purposes of Part 1 of the CROW Act
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In paragraph 14—
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,
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for the definition of “building” substitute—
“building”—
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includes any structure or erection and any part of a building as so defined, but
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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;
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and for this purpose “structure” includes any tent, caravan or other temporary or moveable structure;
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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—
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land over which the line of an approved section of the English coastal route, or an official alternative route, passes, and
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subject to sub-paragraph (2), land which is adjacent to and within 2 metres either side of such a line;
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after the definition of “development” and “minerals” insert—
“official alternative route” has the same meaning as in section 3A;
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after the definition of “ploughing” and “drilling” insert—
“regulated caravan or camping site” means—
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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 196012) by virtue of–
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a site licence issued under Part 1 of that Act (caravan site licences),
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a certificate issued under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to that Act (sites approved by exempted organisations), or
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paragraph 11 of that Schedule (land occupied by a local authority as a caravan site), or
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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 193613) 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);
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“relevant approved proposals” has the same meaning as in section 3A;
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after sub-paragraph (1) add—
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Where relevant approved proposals contain a proposal under section 55D(2)(c) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 194914 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.
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