Article 2 Interpretation

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and—

• “assessor” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State to sit with an inspector at an inquiry or re-opened inquiry to advise the inspector on such matters arising as the Secretary of State may specify;

• “the Commission” means the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England;

• “conservation area consent” means consent required by section 277A(2)^f1;

• “development order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24;

• “document” includes a photograph, map or plan;

• “inquiry” means a local inquiry in relation to which these Rules apply;

• “inspector” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under Schedule 9 to determine an appeal;

• “the land” means the land or building to which an inquiry relates;

• “listed building consent” has the meaning assigned to it by section 55(3A)^f2;

• “local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 290(1);

• “local planning authority” means the body who were responsible for dealing with the application occasioning the appeal;

• “pre-inquiry meeting” means a meeting held before an inquiry to consider what may be done with a view to securing that the inquiry is conducted efficiently and expeditiously;

• “relevant date” means the date of the written notice informing the appellant and the local planning authority that an inquiry is to be held, and“relevant notice” means that notice;

• “the 1974 Rules” means the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Appointed Persons) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1974^f3;

• “section 29(3) party” means—

  1. (a)

     a person whose representations the inspector is required by the application of section 29(3)^f4 or by regulations under Part I of Schedule 11^f5 to take into account in determining an appeal; and

  2. (b)

     a person whose representations the local planning authority were required by section 29(3) or those regulations to take into account in determining the application occasioning the appeal;

  “statement of case” means a written statement which contains full particulars of the case which a person proposes to put forward at an inquiry and a list of any documents which that person intends to refer to or put in evidence.