Paragraph 1 Interpretation: general

In this Schedule—

• “authority” means—

  1. (a)

     an appropriate authority,

  2. (b)

     the Agency,

  3. (c)

     a planning authority,

  4. (d)

     a person appointed under section 114(1)(a) of the 1995 Act^f1;

• “local planning authority” has the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f2;

• “planning authority” means—

  1. (a)

     a local planning authority,

  2. (b)

     a joint committee constituted under section 29 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004^f3,

  3. (c)

     the person appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f4,

  4. (d)

     a government department in respect of its functions under the planning Acts, or

  5. (e)

     the Secretary of State in respect of his functions under the planning Acts;

• “plan making provisions” means—

  1. (a)

     paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the 1994 Regulations,

  2. (b)

     Part 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f5,

  3. (c)

     section 44A of the 1990 Act^f6,

  4. (d)

     in England, Parts 1 and 2 and Schedule 8 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, and

  5. (e)

     in Wales—

     1. (i)

        Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004,

     2. (ii)

        article 3(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005^f7;

• “the planning Acts” means—

  1. (a)

     the Town and Country Planning Act 1990,

  2. (b)

     the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990^f8,

  3. (c)

     the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990^f9,

  4. (d)

     the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990^f10, and

  5. (e)

     the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;

• “planning permission” has the meaning given by section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f11;

• “pollution control authority” means an authority other than a planning authority;

• “specified functions” has the meaning given in paragraph 2;

• “waste management plan” means a plan or other expression of strategy or policy in relation to waste management made under the plan making provisions.