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SCHEDULES

Prospective

SCHEDULE 3N.I.PERIODIC REVIEW OF MINERAL PLANNING PERMISSIONS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

InterpretationN.I.

2—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule—N.I.

first review date”, in relation to a mining site, shall, subject to paragraphs 4 and 6, be ascertained in accordance with paragraph 3;

mineral permission” means any planning permission for minerals development;

mining site” means—

(a)

in a case where it appears to the council to be expedient to treat as a single site the aggregate of the land to which any two or more mineral permissions relate, the aggregate of the land to which those permissions relate; and

(b)

in any other case, the land to which a mineral permission relates.

(2) In determining whether it appears to it to be expedient to treat as a single site the aggregate of the land to which two or more mineral permissions relate a council must have regard to any guidance issued for the purpose by the Department.

(3) Any reference (however expressed) in this Schedule to a mining site being a site to which relates a mineral permission, is a reference to the mining site, or some part of it, being the land to which the permission relates.

(4) For the purposes of this Schedule, an application made under paragraph 7 is finally determined when—

(a)the proceedings on the application have been determined, and

(b)any time for appealing under paragraph 9(1), or applying or further applying under paragraph 7, (where there is a right to do so) has expired.