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SCHEDULEE+WPSI APPLICATIONS AND CATEGORIES OF DEVELOPMENT

PART 2E+WMAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE

Category 2AE+W

1.  Development which comprises or includes mining operations where the development occupies more than 10 hectares.

2.  In paragraph 1, “mining operations” means the winning and working of minerals in, on or under land, whether by surface or underground working.E+W

Category 2BE+W

1.  Waste development to provide an installation with capacity for a throughput of more than—

(a)5,000 tonnes per annum of hazardous waste; or

(b)50,000 tonnes per annum of waste;

produced outside the land in respect of which planning permission is sought.

2.  Waste development where the development occupies more than one hectare.E+W

Category 2CE+W

1.  Development to provide—

(a)an aircraft runway;

(b)a heliport (including a floating heliport or a helipad on a building);

(c)an air passenger terminal at an airport;

(d)a railway station or a tram station;

(e)a tramway, an underground, surface or elevated railway, or a cable car;

(f)a bus or coach station;

(g)an installation for a use within Class B8 (storage or distribution) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order where the development occupies more than 4 hectares;

(h)a crossing over or under the River Thames; or

(i)a passenger pier on the River Thames.

2.  Development to alter an air passenger terminal to increase its capacity by more than 500,000 passengers per year.E+W

3.  Development for a use which includes the keeping or storage of buses or coaches where—E+W

(a)it is proposed to store 70 or more buses or coaches or buses and coaches; or

(b)the part of the development that is to be used for keeping or storing buses or coaches or buses and coaches occupies more than 0.7 hectares.

4.  For the purpose of paragraph 3(b), the area used for keeping or storing includes the area occupied by maintenance, administrative and staff facilities connected with such use.E+W

Category 2DE+W

1.  Waste development which does not accord with one or more provisions of the development plan in force in the area in which the application site is situated and which falls into one or more of these sub-categories—

(a)it occupies more than 0.5 hectares;

(b)it is development to provide an installation with a capacity for a throughput of more than—

(i)2,000 tonnes per annum of hazardous waste; or

(ii)20,000 tonnes per annum of waste.