SCHEDULE 2Permitted development rights
PART 17Mining and mineral exploration
Class E – coal mining development by a licensee of the British Coal Corporation
Interpretation of Class EE
For the purposes of Class E—
“coal-related minerals” means minerals other than coal which can only be economically worked in association with the working of coal or which can only be economically brought to the surface by the use of a mine of coal;
“designated seam area” has the same meaning as in paragraph D.2 of this Part; and
“a licensee of the British Coal Corporation” means any person who is for the time being authorised by virtue of section 25(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1994 (coal-mining operations to be licensed) M1 to carry on coal-mining operations to which section 25 of that Act applies.