Interpretation
3.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means
“the Act of 1972” means
“applicant” in the case of an appeal means
“appointed person” means
“conservation area” means
“county planning authority” and “district planning authority”
“inquiry” means
“the land” means
“listed buildings”
“listed building consent” means
“local authority”
“local planning authority” means
the county planning authority or district planning authority, as the case may be, who were responsible for dealing with the relevant application (or in the case of an application referred to the Secretary of State would have been so responsible had it not been so referred), or
any local authority or committee (including a National Park Committee) exercising the functions of the said planning authority in relation to the application by virtue of any arrangement made under section 101 of the Act of 1972;
“National Park Committee”
“referred application” means
“section 29 parties” means
in relation to referred applications, persons from whom representations are received within the time prescribed—
in pursuance of section 29(2) or (3) of the Act, as applied by section 35(4), or
in the case of applications referred under paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the Act, in pursuance of regulations made under paragraph 2 of the said Schedule; and
in relation to appeals, persons from whom representations are received within the time prescribed—
by the local planning authority in pursuance of section 29(3) of the Act, or by the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 29(3) as applied by section 36(5), or
in the case of appeals brought under paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to the Act, in pursuance of regulations made under paragraph 2 of the said Schedule.
(2) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this rule, the Secretary of State may require the local planning authority to take one or more of the following steps—
(a)to publish in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which land is situated such notices of the inquiry as he may direct;
(b)to serve notice of the inquiry in such form and on such persons or classes of persons as he may specify;
(c)to post such notices of the inquiry as he may direct in a conspicuous place or places near to the land;
but the requirements as to the period of notice contained in paragraph (1) of this rule shall not apply to any such notices.
(3) Where the land is under the control of the applicant, he shall, if so required by the Secretary of State, affix firmly to some object on the land, in such a manner as to be readily visible to and legible by the public, such notice of the inquiry as the Secretary of State may specify, and thereafter for such period before the inquiry as the Secretary of State may specify, the applicant shall not remove the notice, or cause or permit it to be removed.