Interpretation
3. In these Regulations—
“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;
“address” in relation to electronic communications means any number or address used for the purposes of such communications;
“approvals application” means an application for approval, in relation to a condition or limitation subject to which planning permission is granted by a neighbourhood development order, under section 61L(2) of the 1990 Act;
“area application” means an application for the designation of a neighbourhood area made under section 61G of the 1990 Act;
“consultation body” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“contact details” means the name, address and telephone number of the person concerned;
“EIA Regulations” means the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011(1);
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(2);
“electronic communications apparatus” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(1) of the electronic communications code;
“electronic communications code” has the meaning given in section 106(1) of the Communications Act 2003(3);
“inspection” means inspection by the public;
“neighbourhood forum application” means an application for designation of a neighbourhood forum made by an organisation or body under section 61F of the 1990 Act;
“order proposal” means a proposal for a neighbourhood development order submitted by a qualifying body(4) under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act or community right to build order submitted by a community organisation(5) under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act, as read with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the 1990 Act; and
“plan proposal” means a proposal for a neighbourhood development plan submitted by a qualifying body(6) under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act (as applied, with modifications, by section 38A of the 2004 Act).
S.I. 2011/1824, as amended by Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
For the purposes of neighbourhood development orders, the definition of “qualifying body” is in section 61E(6) of the 1990 Act (inserted by paragraph 2 of the Localism Act 2011). A “community organisation” is to be regarded as a qualifying body (see paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4C to the 1990 Act) (as inserted by Schedule 11 to the Localism Act 2011).
The definition of “community organisation” is in paragraph 3 of Schedule 4C to the 1990 Act.
For the purposes of neighbourhood development plans the definition of “qualifying body” is in section 38A(12) of the 2004 Act (as inserted by paragraph 7 of the Localism Act 2011).