{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-authority-operational-land-regulations-1984/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1984/575",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Aviation Authority (Operational Land) Regulations 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-authority-operational-land-regulations-1984",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations prescribe the land of the Civil Aviation Authority (“the CAA”) which constitutes “operational land” for the purposes of the enactments set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (which relate to pipe-lines, new towns and town and country planning), namely land which is used, or in which an interest is held, by the CAA for the purposes of the operation of an aerodrome or any purpose ancillary thereto, or the provision of facilities for air traffic control or assisting the navigation of aircraft (Regulation 2). The Regulations also prescribe the same purposes in relation to section 225(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and section 214(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 with the result that where land would be used for the specified purposes if planning permission were to be granted the application for such planning permission or any appeal from the decision on any such application shall, in accordance with section 225(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and section 214(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, be dealt with by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/575/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:42:03.999497+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}