PART 1General

Interpretation3.

In these Regulations—

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

“the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;

“address” in relation to electronic communications means any number or address used for the purposes of such communications;

“approvals application” means an application for approval, in relation to a condition or limitation subject to which planning permission is granted by a neighbourhood development order, under section 61L(2) of the 1990 Act;

“area application” means an application for the designation of a neighbourhood area made under section 61G of the 1990 Act;

“consultation body” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;

“contact details” means the name, address and telephone number of the person concerned;

“EIA Regulations” means the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 20115;
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 20006;

“electronic communications apparatus” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(1) of the electronic communications code;

“electronic communications code” has the meaning given in section 106(1) of the Communications Act 20037;

“inspection” means inspection by the public;

“neighbourhood forum application” means an application for designation of a neighbourhood forum made by an organisation or body under section 61F of the 1990 Act;

“order proposal” means a proposal for a neighbourhood development order submitted by a qualifying body8 under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act or community right to build order submitted by a community organisation9 under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act, as read with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the 1990 Act; and
“plan proposal” means a proposal for a neighbourhood development plan submitted by a qualifying body10 under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B to the 1990 Act (as applied, with modifications, by section 38A of the 2004 Act).