APPENDIX 7
Glossary of Terms
the
Act: the Planning and Compulsory Purchase
Act 2004.
Annual Monitoring Report
(AMR): part of the Local Development
Framework, the annual monitoring report will assess the
implementation of the Local Development Scheme and the extent to
which policies in Local Development Documents are being
successfully implemented.
Area Action Plan (AAP): used to provide a
planning framework for areas of change and areas of conservation.
Area Action Plans will have the status of Development Plan
Documents.
Community Strategy: local authorities are
required by the Local Government Act 2000 to prepare these, with
aim of improving the social, environmental and economic well being
of their areas. Through the Community Strategy, authorities are
expected to co-ordinate the actions of the local public, private,
voluntary and community sectors. Responsibility for producing
Community Strategies may be passed to Local Strategic
Partnerships, which include local authority
representatives.
Core Strategy: set out the long-term spatial
vision for the local planning authority area, the spatial
objectives and strategic policies to deliver that vision. The Core
Strategy will have the status of a Development Plan
Document.
Development Plan: as set out in Section 38(6)
of the Act, an authority’s development plan consists of the
relevant Regional Spatial Strategy (or the Spatial
Development Strategy in London) and the Development Plan
Documents contained within its Local Development
Framework.
Development Plan Documents (DPD): spatial
planning documents that are subject to independent examination, and
together with the relevant Regional Spatial Strategy, will form the
development plan for a local authority area for the
purposes of the Act. They can include a Core Strategy, Site
Specific Allocations of land, and Area Action Plans
(where needed). Other Development Plan Documents, including generic
Development Control Policies, can be produced.
Evidence Base: One of the most important
aspects of the new system is the need to have much more evidence
available to support the soundness of the proposals being made
right from the outset. This is referred to as front loading.
Examination: Intended to reduce the adversarial
nature of the Public Local Inquiry of the old system by using more
round tables sessions and informal hearings. The examination deals
with the soundness of the LDD and will be chaired by an independent
Planning Inspector whose findings will be binding on the
Council.
Local Development Document (LDD): the
collective term in the Act for Development Plan
Documents and Supplementary Planning Documents.
Local Development Framework (LDF): the name
for the portfolio of Local Development Documents, plus a
Statement of Community Involvement, the Local
Development Scheme and Annual Monitoring Reports.
Together these documents will provide the framework for delivering
the spatial planning strategy for a local authority area and may
also include local development orders and simplified planning
zones.
Local Development Scheme (LDS): sets out the
programme for preparing Local Development Documents. All
authorities must submit a Scheme to the Secretary of State for
approval within six months of commencement of the
Act.
Local Strategic Partnership: partnerships of
stakeholders who develop ways of involving local people in shaping
the future of their neighbourhood in how services are provided.
They are often single non-statutory, multi-agency bodies that aim
to bring together locally the public, private, community and
voluntary sectors.
Proposals Map: the adopted proposals map
illustrates on a base map (reproduced from, or based upon a map
base to a registered scale) all the policies contained in
Development Plan Documents, together with any saved
policies. It must be revised as each new Development Plan
Document is adopted, and it should always reflect the
up-to-date planning strategy for
the area.
Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS): sets out the
region’s policies in relation to the development and use of land
and forms part of the development plan for local planning
authorities. Planning Policy Statement 11 ‘Regional Spatial
Strategies’ provides detailed guidance on the function and
preparation of Regional Spatial Strategies. The RSS replaces the
Regional Planning Guidance (RPG).
The Regulations: Town and Country Planning
(Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004.
Site specific allocations: allocations of
sites for specific or mixed uses or development to be contained in
Development Plan Documents. Policies will identify any
specific requirements for individual proposals.
Soundness: A plan is assumed to be sound unless
otherwise shown. Soundness comprises three elements: Procedural –
whether it complies with Regulations; Conformity - whether it falls
within the scope of relevant national and local policies and plans;
Consistency, coherence and effectiveness – founded on robust
evidence, deliverable, appropriate to the circumstances and
monitorable.
Statement of Community Involvement (SCI):
sets out the standards which authorities will achieve with regard
to involving local communities in the preparation of local
development documents and development control decisions. The
statement of community Involvement is not a development plan
document but is subject to independent examination.
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): a
generic term used to describe environmental assessment as applied
to policies, plans and programmes. The European ‘SEA Directive’
(2001/42/EC) requires a formal ‘environmental assessment of certain
plans and programmes, including those in the field of planning and
land use’.
Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD):
provide supplementary information in respect of the policies in
Development Plan Documents. They do not form part of the
Development Plan and are not subject to independent
examination.
Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG): Non
statutory guidance produced outside the procedures of the new LDF
system. Does not have the same weight as SPD but would be a
material consideration when considering planning
applications.
Sustainability Appraisal (SA): tool for
appraising policies to ensure they reflect sustainable development
objectives (i.e. social, environmental and economic factors) and
required in the Act to be undertaken for all local development
documents.
Village Design Statements (VDSs): An advisory
document produced by communities to identify local character and
set out design guidance to help guide new development.