{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-enforcement-written-representations-procedure-england-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2683",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Written Representations Procedure) (England) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-enforcement-written-representations-procedure-england-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the appellant” means a person giving notice of appeal to the Secretary of State;\n“document” includes a photograph, map or plan;\n“enforcement notice” means a notice issued under section 172(1) of the Planning Act or section 38(1) of the Listed Buildings Act;\n“the Enforcement Notices and Appeals Regulations” means the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Appeals)(England) Regulations 2002;\n“the Listed Buildings Act” means the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;\n“local planning authority” means the body who issued the relevant enforcement notice;\n“notice of appeal” means a notice of appeal under section 174(3) of the Planning Act or section 39(2) of the Listed Buildings Act;\n“the Planning Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“questionnaire” means a document in the form supplied by the Secretary of State to local planning authorities for the purpose of proceedings under these Regulations;\n“starting date” means the date of the Secretary of State’s written notice to the appellant and the local planning authority under regulation 4;\n“written representations” includes supporting documents.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2682."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 9: section 39 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 3 was amended by section 25 and Schedule 3, Part II, paragraph 28 of that Act and by S.I. 1997/2971. Section 12 was amended by section 17 of the Transport and works Act 1992 (c. 42). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "reg. 2 renumbered as reg. 2(1)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/956",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/956",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/956",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/956",
      "affecting_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2683/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:42:33.336408+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."
}