Amendment of regulation 2
4.—(1) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “the 1995 Act” insert—
““any other information” means any other substantive information relating to the environmental statement and provided by the applicant or the appellant as the case may be;
“any particular person” includes any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection;”;
(b)in the definition of “the consultation bodies” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) add—
“(v)other bodies designated by statutory provision as having specific environmental responsibilities and which the relevant planning authority or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, considers are likely to have an interest in the application;”;
(c)in the definition of “environmental information” after “further information” insert “and any other information”;
(d)in the definition of “exempt development” omit “which comprises or forms part of a project serving national defence purposes or”; and
(e)after the definition of “the land” insert—
““by local advertisement”, in relation to a notice, means—
by publication of the notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application or appeal relates is situated; and
where the relevant planning authority maintains a website for the purpose of advertisement of applications, by publication of the notice on the website;
“local development order” means a local development order made pursuant to section 61A of the Act(1); and
“LDO” means a local development order.”
(2) In regulation 2(6) after “these Regulations” insert “except regulation 37”.
Section 61A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was inserted by section 40 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5).