SCHEDULES

F6SCHEDULE 14 Periodic Review of Mineral Planning Permissions

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Amendments (Textual)
F6

Sch. 14 repealed (S.) (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F5 Interpretation

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F5

Sch. 14 repealed (S.) (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

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1

For the purposes of this Schedule—

  • “ first review date ”, in relation to a mining site, shall, subject to paragraph 5 below, be ascertained in accordance with paragraph 3 below;

  • “ mineral permission ” means any planning permission, other than a planning permission granted by a development order, for minerals development;

  • “ mineral planning authority ”—

    1. a

      F2. . ., means a mineral planning authority within the meaning of the 1990 Act, F3. . .

    2. b

      F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “ mining site ” means—

    1. a

      in a case where it appears to the mineral planning authority 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

    2. b

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

  • “ old mining permission ” has the meaning given—

    1. a

      F2. . ., by section 22(1) of the 1991 Act, F3. . .

    2. b

      F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “ owner ”, in relation to any land—

    1. a

      F2. . ., means any person who—

    2. i

      is the estate owner in respect of the fee simple, or

    3. ii

      is entitled to a tenancy granted or extended for a term of years certain of which not less than seven years remains unexpired; F3. . .

    4. b

      F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

In determining whether it appears to them to be expedient to treat as a single site the aggregate of the land to which two or more mineral permissions relate a mineral planning authority shall have regard to any guidance issued for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

3

Any reference (however expressed) in this Schedule to a mining site being a site to which relates—

a

an old mining permission; or

b

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 6 below is finally determined when—

a

the proceedings on the application, including any proceedings on or in consequence of an application under section 288 of the 1990 Act F4. . ., have been determined, and

b

any time for appealing under paragraph 9(1) below, or applying or further applying under paragraph 6 below, (where there is a right to do so) has expired.

F75

Where an electronic communication is used to make an application to a mineral planning authority under paragraph 5 or 6 below, the applicant shall be taken to have agreed—

a

to the use of electronic communications for all purposes relating to his application which are capable of being effected using such communications, unless he gives notice in writing to the mineral planning authority in accordance with sub-paragraph (6) below; and

b

that his address for the purposes of such communications is the address incorporated into, or otherwise logically associated with, his application (or such other address as he may notify in writing to the mineral planning authority).

6

An applicant may give notice that he is no longer to be taken to have agreed to the use of electronic communications for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (5).

7

Any such notice shall take effect from the date specified in it being not less than seven days from the date on which it is given.