{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-applications-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1812",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Applications) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-applications-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1971;\n“building” does not include any plant or machinery or a structure or erection of the nature of plant or machinery;\n“outline planning permission” means planning permission for the erection of a building, subject to a condition requiring the subsequent approval of the local planning authority with respect to one or more reserved matters, that is to say—\n(a) siting,\n(b) design,\n(c) external appearance,\n(d) means of access,\n(e) the landscaping of the site.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1063",
      "affecting_title": "The Planning (Applications for Planning Permission, Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/956",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2004/3156",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (Wales) (No. 1) Order 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1812/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:56:27.446961+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."
}