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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

  • “development consent” means consent required for development to the extent that it is or forms part of a nationally significant infrastructure project in accordance with section 31 of the Actf1;

  • “the relevant land” means the land which it is proposed will be subject to entry in exercise of the right under section 53(1) of the Act—

    1. (a)

      for the purposes of surveying and taking levels of it, or

    2. (b)

      in order to facilitate compliance with the provisions mentioned in section 53(1A) of the Actf2;

  • “the rights of entry notice” means a notice given to the owner or occupier of the relevant land in accordance with section 53(4)(b) of the Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Section 31 of the Planning Act 2008 is amended by section 4 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025. Section 4 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 is brought into force on 24th July 2026 (see S.I. 2026/641).

f2

Section 53(1A) was inserted by section 136 of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).