In these Regulations–

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

• “DPD” means development plan document;

• “LDD” means local development document;

• “SPD” means supplementary planning document;

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

• “adopted proposals map” means a document of the description referred to in regulation 6(6);

• “by local advertisement” means by publication on at least one occasion in a local newspaper circulating in the whole of the area of the local planning authority;

• “core strategy” means a document of the description referred to in regulation 6(3);

• “disabled person” has the same meaning as in section 1(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 19953;

• “electronic communication” has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 20004;

• “electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(1) of the electronic communications code5;

• “electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in section 106(1) of the Communications Act 20036;

• “general consultation bodies” means the following bodies—

  1. a

     voluntary bodies some or all of whose activities benefit any part of the authority’s area,

  2. b

     bodies which represent the interests of different racial, ethnic or national groups in the authority’s area,

  3. c

     bodies which represent the interests of different religious groups in the authority’s area,

  4. d

     bodies which represent the interests of disabled persons in the authority’s area,

  5. e

     bodies which represent the interests of persons carrying on business in the authority’s area;

• “inspection” means inspection by the public;

• “national waste strategy” means any statement which contains the Secretary of State’s policies in relation to the recovery and disposal of waste in England, and which is made under section 44A of the Environmental Protection Act 19907, or pending the publication of the first such statement, any relevant waste disposal plan prepared under section 50 of that Act8;

• “Ordnance Survey map” means a map produced by Ordnance Survey or a map on a similar base at a registered scale;

• “person appointed” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 20(4) to carry out an independent examination;

• “regional planning body” is a body that meets the requirements of section 2;

• “relevant authority” means—

  1. a

     a local planning authority,

  2. b

     a county council referred to in section 16(1),

  3. c

     a parish council;

• “site allocation policy” means a policy which allocates a site for a particular use or development;

• “specific consultation bodies”—

  1. a

     in relation to a local planning authority whose area is in a region other than London, means the regional planning body and the bodies specified or described in sub-paragraphs (i) to (x);

     1. i

        the Countryside Agency9,

     2. ii

        the Environment Agency10,

     3. iii

        the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England11,

     4. iv

        English Nature12,

     5. v

        the Strategic Rail Authority13,

     6. vi

        the Highways Agency,

     7. vii

        a relevant authority any part of whose area is in or adjoins the area of the local planning authority,

     8. viii

        a Regional Development Agency14 whose area is in or adjoins the area of the local planning authority,

     9. ix

        any person–

        1. aa

           to whom the electronic communications code applies by virtue of a direction given under section 106(3)(a) of the Communications Act 2003, and

        2. bb

           who owns or controls electronic communications apparatus situated in any part of the area of the local planning authority,

     10. x

         if it exercises functions in any part of the local planning authority’s area

         1. aa

            a Strategic Health Authority15,

         2. bb

            a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 6(1)(b) or (c) of the Electricity Act 198916,

         3. cc

            a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 7(2) of the Gas Act 198617,

         4. dd

            a sewerage undertaker,

         5. ee

            a water undertaker;

  2. b

     if the authority are a London borough council, means the Mayor of London and the bodies specified or described in paragraph (a)(i) to (x);

• “submission proposals map” means a document of the description referred to in regulation 6(5);

• “sustainability appraisal report” means the report prepared pursuant to section 19(5)(b)18; and

• “supplementary planning document” means an LDD which is not a DPD, but does not include the local planning authority’s statement of community involvement.

In these Regulations any reference to a section is a reference to a section of the Act unless otherwise stated.