Schedule 3, Part 3, paragraph 1

In this Part— “ancient woodland” means any area that has been wooded continuously since at least 1600 AD, including ancient semi-natural woodland and plantations on ancient woodland sites; “groundwater tracer test” means a study of— which involves the addition to groundwater of a distinguishable material which has nearly identical properties to the contaminant or water being studied; the behaviour or movement of water, or a contaminant below ground, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “protected site” means— a wetland designated as a European site (which has the meaning given in regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017), a Ramsar site (which has the same meaning as in section 37A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981), a nature reserve established by a local authority under section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, or a site of special scientific interest (which has the meaning given in section 52(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981); “specified groundwater remediation scheme” means a remediation scheme which involves the addition of a substance or preparation to groundwater which enhances the rate of remediation of groundwater contaminants; “water features” includes boreholes, wells, adits, springs, seepage and wetland areas, ponds, lakes and watercourses; “water features survey” means a survey of all water features within 1 kilometre of the proposed activity that may be affected by it.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30