Paragraph 19 Interpretation of Part 5

In this Part—

• “accommodation monitoring report” means a report prepared by the site controller under condition 20(3)(b) (accommodation monitoring reports);

• “booking number” means the arithmetic mean of the number of serviced accommodation units that will be occupied by, or reserved for, construction workers on any given night during a calendar month, determined according to the site controller’s best estimate in advance;

• “exceedance” occurs in respect of a calendar month where the booking number exceeds 535;

• “serviced accommodation unit” means—

  1. (a)

     a room in premises that provide fully furnished accommodation for short-term or long-term stays and are located outside the Order land but within the area comprised of the administrative areas of Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council at the date when this Order is made, including—

     1. (i)

        hotels, boarding houses or guest houses where no significant element of care is provided or offered to guests;

     2. (ii)

        apartments, houses or single rooms, where hotel-like amenities such as room service and housekeeping are provided or offered, or

  2. (b)

     such other unit within any such premises as is capable of being separately reserved;

• “total construction workforce” means the arithmetic mean of the number of construction workers carrying out authorised development on any given calendar day during a calendar month, determined according to the site controller’s best estimate in advance.