21A. Development proposal report

Terms defined in s 2

• building

  building

  Defined · s 2

  “building” includes any house, hut, shed, or roofed enclosure, whether or not used as a human habitation, and any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage, or bridge, and any structure, support, or foundation connected to or with any of those structures;

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• development

  development

  Defined · s 2

  “development” means the carrying out of any building, engineering, mining, industrial, or other similar operation in, on, over, or under land, the making of any material change in the use of any land or building or any part thereof, or the subdivision or amalgamation of lands; and

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• development proposal report

  development proposal report

  Defined · s 2

  “development proposal report” means the report required to be submitted by an applicant for planning permission under subsection 21A(1);

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• land

  land

  Defined · s 2

  “land” includes— (a) the surface, and all substances forming the surface, of the earth; (b) all substances below the surface of the earth; (c) all vegetation and other natural products, whether or not requiring periodical application of labour to their production, and whether on or below the surface of the earth; (d) all things, whether on or below the surface of the earth, that are attached to the earth or permanently fastened to any thing attached to the earth; (e) land covered by water; and (f) any estate or interest in, or right over, land;

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• local planning authority

  local planning authority

  Defined · s 2

  “local planning authority”, in relation to an area, shall be construed as provided in section 5 and, in relation to any land or building, means the local planning authority, as so construed, for the area in which the land or building is situated;

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• plan

  plan

  Defined · s 2

  “plan” includes reports, drawings, maps and models;

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• planning permission

  planning permission

  Defined · s 2

  “planning permission” means permission granted, with or without condition, to carry out development;

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• rules

  rules

  Defined · s 2

  “rules” means rules made under this Act;

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• use

  use

  Defined · s 2

  “use”, in relation to any land, means any use of the land other than merely for the keeping or storage of materials and equipment intended to be employed in the construction or erection of a building on the land, or as a site for temporary buildings for the accommodation of workers involved in the construction or erection of the building;

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