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The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017

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3.  In article 2 (interpretation) of the 2017 Order insert the following definitions in the appropriate places—

“by site display” means by posting the notice in question by firm fixture to some object so that the notice is displayed in such a way as to be easily visible and legible by members of the public;;

“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1);;

“infrastructure manager” means any person who, in relation to relevant railway land—

(a)

is responsible for developing or maintaining the land; or

(b)

manages or uses the land, or permits the land to be used for the operation of a railway;;

“relevant railway land” means land—

(a)

forming part of any operational railway; or

(b)

which is authorised to be used for the purposes of an operational railway under—

(i)

a planning permission granted or deemed to be granted,

(ii)

a development consent granted by an order made under the Planning Act 2008(2), or

(iii)

an Act of Parliament,

including viaducts, tunnels, retaining walls, sidings, shafts, bridges, or other structures used in connection with an operational railway and excluding car parks, offices, shops, hotels or any other land which, by its nature or situation, is comparable with land in general rather than land which is used for the purpose of an operational railway;; and

“residential development” means development the main purpose of which is housing development;.

(1)

2000 c. 7. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).

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