The Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties) Regulations 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/102
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st March 2010.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the Planning Act 2008;

“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;

“affected person” means a person whose name has been given to the Commission in a notice under section 59 (notice of persons interested in land to which compulsory acquisition request relates);

“AONB Conservation Board” means a conservation board established by order under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (establishment of conservation boards) ;

“application” means an application for an order granting development consent under section 37;

“compulsory acquisition hearing” means a hearing held in accordance with section 92(3) (compulsory acquisition hearings);

“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted by—

means of an electronic communications network; or

other means but in electronic form;

“fire and rescue authority” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (fire and rescue authorities) ;

“the Homes and Communities Agency” means the body established by section 1 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (establishment and constitution) ;

“Integrated Transport Authority” has the same meaning as in section 77 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (change of name of passenger transport authorities and PTAs) ;

“internal drainage board” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (internal drainage districts and boards) ;

“issue-specific hearing” means a hearing held in accordance with section 91 (hearings about specific issues);

“local resilience forum” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005 ;

“Natural England” means the body established by section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (constitution) ;

“open-floor hearing” means a hearing held in accordance with section 93 (open-floor hearings);

“police authority” means an authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 (establishment of police authorities) ;

“Regional Development Agency” means a regional development agency established under section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (establishment)

“Regional Planning Body” means a body recognised by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (regional planning bodies) ;

“registration form” means the form supplied by and obtained from the Commission for the purpose of making a relevant representation and referred to in the notices and publicity given in accordance with regulations 8 and 9 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications and Procedure) Regulations 2009 ;

“Strategic Health Authority” means an authority established under section 13 of the National Health Services Act 2006 (strategic health authorities) ;

“statutory undertaker” has the same meaning as in section 127 (statutory undertakers’ land); and

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond.

(2) Any references in these Regulations to a section by number is a reference to a section so numbered in the Act.

Section 3 Statutory party

The persons specified as statutory parties for the purposes of section 102(3) (interpretation of Chapter 4: “interested party” and other expressions) are—

(a) those listed in Column 1 of the Schedule in the circumstances described in Column 2 of the Schedule; and

(b) any affected person.

Section 4 Relevant representation

(1) For the purposes of section 102(4)(b) of the Act a relevant representation must be in the form of a registration form.

(2) The registration form must include—

(a) the name, address and any telephone number of the person registering;

(b) the name, address and any telephone number of any agent, or, in the case of an organisation, of the contact person and the organisation which they represent;

(c) a statement as to which address should be used for the purpose of notifying the person registering, their agent or a contact person of any matter and, where appropriate, consent for the use of electronic transmission;

(d) whether or not the person registering has an interest in any land which will be affected by the application, and, if so, the nature of that interest;

(e) an outline of the principal submissions which the person proposes to make in respect of the application; and

(f) a statement as to whether or not the person registering intends to make oral representations—

(i) at a issue-specific hearing;

(ii) at a an open-floor hearing; or

(iii) if they are an affected person at a compulsory acquisition hearing;

as the case may be.