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1.—(1) In this Schedule—E+W
“business premises” means any building or part of a building normally used for the purpose of any professional, commercial, or industrial undertaking, or for providing services to members of the public or of any association, and includes a public restaurant, licensed premises and a place of public entertainment, but does not include—
a building designed for use as one or more separate dwellings, unless—
it has normally been used in each of the preceding ten years for the purpose of any professional, commercial, or industrial undertaking, or for providing services to members of the public or of any association; or
it has been adapted for use for any such purpose by the construction of a shop front or the making of a material alteration of a similar kind to its external appearance;
a building used as an institution of a religious, educational, cultural, recreational, or medical or similar character;
any forecourt or other land forming part of the curtilage of a building;
any fence, wall or similar screen or structure, unless it forms part of the fabric of a building;
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[F2“electronic communications apparatus” means apparatus falling within the definition of that term in paragraph 5 of the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003;
“electronic communications service” means a service falling within the definition of that term in section 32(2) of the Communications Act 2003;]
“forecourt”, in relation to any building or part of a building, means an area of land (whether or not enclosed) within the curtilage of the building or part, to which the public may have access only with the permission (express or implied) of the owner; and includes any fence, wall or similar screen or structure that defines the boundaries of that area;
“ground level”, in relation to the display of advertisements on any building, means the ground-floor level of that building;
“highway land” means any land within the boundaries of a highway;
“joined boards” means boards joined at an angle, so that only one surface of each is usable for advertising;
“practitioner in human health” includes a chiropodist, chiropractor, dentist or doctor of medicine, an optician or osteopath, and a physiotherapist;
“public transport undertaking” means an undertaking engaged in the carriage of passengers in a manner similar to that of a statutory undertaking;
“retail park” means a group of 3 or more retail stores, at least one of which has a minimum internal floor area of 1,000 square metres and which—
are set apart from existing shopping centres but within an existing or proposed urban area;
sell primarily goods other than food; and
share one or more communal car parks; and
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[F3“telephone kiosk” means any kiosk, booth, acoustic hood, shelter or similar structure which is erected or installed for the purpose of housing or supporting electronic communications apparatus and at which an electronic communications service is provided (or is to be provided) by an electronic communications code operator.]
(2) Where a maximum area is specified, in relation to any class in this Schedule, in the case of a double-sided advertisement, the area of one side only shall be taken into account.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 omitted (25.5.2019) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development, Advertisement and Compensation Amendments) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/907), regs. 1(2), 17(3)
F2Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 1(1) inserted (1.8.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 24(a)
F3Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 1(1) inserted (1.8.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 24(b)
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