{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-61QM",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-61QM.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990",
  "path": "section/61QM",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61QM",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In sections 61QA to 61QL—\n“an appointed person” means a person appointed in accordance with section 61QD(2)(a);\n“excluded development” has the meaning given by section 61QH;\n“qualifying group” has the meaning given by section 61QB;\n“relevant council” has the meaning given by section 61QB(3);\n“street area” has the meaning given by section 61QC;\n“street vote development order” has the meaning given by section 61QA(2);\n“street vote proposal” has the meaning given by section 61QD(2)(a)(i);\n“SVDO regulations” has the meaning given by section 61QD(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 61QA-61QM and cross-heading inserted (31.1.2024 for specified purposes) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 106(2), 255(3)(b) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/61QM",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:00.269643+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."
}