23 Glossary

Acronym	Subject	Explanation
	3/4 Tracking, 4-Tracking	The expansion of the eastern rail corridor from two railway tracks to three or four. This will allow more trains to run, so improving the frequency of services to North Eats Enfield. This is known both as the West Anglia Mainline 3/4 Tracking Project and as the West Anglia Mainline Enhancement Project.
	Accessibility	The ability of people, including elderly and disabled people, those with young children and those encumbered with luggage or shopping, to move around an area and reach places and facilities.
	Adoption	The stage of the adoption process at which the local planning authority can adopt, by resolution of the Council, local development documents as Council policy.
	Adoption Process	The statutory process by which a local planning authority prepares, publishes and formally adopts a local development document which is also a development plan document.
ASL	Advanced Stop Lines	ASLs are road markings at traffic lights that allow cyclists to stop in a position where they can be clearly seen by car drivers at the head of the stationary traffic.
	Affordability	A measure of whether housing can be afforded by certain groups of households.
	Affordable Housing	Housing intended to meet the needs of eligible households including availability at a cost low enough for them to afford to purchase, with the price being determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing is divided into social rented housing and intermediate housing. The terms affordability and affordable housing have different meanings.
	Annual Monitoring Report	Part of the local development framework which measures and assesses the implementation of the local development scheme and the extent to which policies in local development documents are being successfully implemented. Also known as an AMR.
AAP	Area Action Plan	A local development document (which is also a development plan document) which sets out a strategy for the planning of areas having a concentration of proposals for change or where land uses and activities and planning issues are particularly complex.
	Area for Regeneration	An area constituting a borough ward in particular socio-economic need, defined on the basis of the index of the 20% most deprived wards in London.
	Baseline Report, Baseline Update Document	The Baseline Update, or Baseline Report is an initial document that collates information and evidence relevant to the formation of a planning policy document, such as an Area Action Plan.
	Biodiversity	A measure of the variety of, and number of individuals within different species of plants, animals and other life forms that are present in a defined area.
BfL	Building for LIfe	Building for Life is a government-endorsed industry standard for well-designed homes and neighbourhoods. Local communities, local authorities and developers are encouraged to use it to guide discussions about creating good places to live.
	Change of Use	A change in the way that land or buildings are used (see Use Classes Order). Planning permission is usually necessary in order to change the use from one use class to another.
	Character	The individual distinctiveness of an area, arising from a combination of natural and man- made elements with historic, socio-economic and other factors.
CfSH	Code for Sustainable Homes	A document providing a single national standard to guide industry in the design and construction of sustainable homes. It is a means of driving continuous improvement, greater innovation and exemplary achievement in sustainable home building. The Code measures the sustainability of a home against design categories, rating the ‘whole home’ as a complete package.
CHP	Combined Heat and Power	The combined production of heat, usually in the form of steam, and power, usually in the form of electricity.
	Community Destination	A place that local people need or want to get to on a regular basis. Examples includes schools, places of worship and GP surgeries.
	Community Facilities	Facilities that provide for the health and wellbeing, social, educational, spiritual, recreational, leisure and cultural needs of the community.
CIL	Community Infrastructure Levy	The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a new charge which local authorities in England and Wales will be empowered, but not required, to charge on most types of new development in their area. CIL charges will be based on simple formulae which relate the size of the charge to the size and character of the development paying it. The proceeds of the levy will be spent on local and sub-regional infrastructure to support the development of the area.
	Community Strategy	A strategy document required by the Local Government Act 2000 to be prepared and implemented by a local planning authority with the aim of improving the social, environmental and economic well being of its area by co-ordinating the actions of local public, private, voluntary and community sectors. Responsibility for producing a community strategy may be passed to a local strategic partnership, which include local authority representatives. Also known as a Sustainable Community Strategy.
	Comparison Goods	Retail items not bought on a frequent basis, for example televisions and white goods (fridges, dishwashers etc, and usually being the type of goods that people buy from the store offering the best value for money rather than the one closest to them.
CPO	Compulsory Purchase Order	A Compulsory Purchase Order is a legal function that allows Local Authorities to obtain land or property without the consent of the owner. It may be enforced if a proposed development is considered one for public betterment.
	Conservation Area	An area designated for the purpose of protecting the character of an area, and applied to areas of various sizes and characters, ranging from small groups of buildings to town squares or even open spaces. It may include one or more listed buildings.
	Conservation Area Character Appraisal	A published document defining the special architectural or historic interest that warrants an area being designated as a conservation area.
CPZ	Controlled Parking Zone	An area of the public highway within which specified hours of parking control apply. Such controls do not apply to private roads. Also known as a CPZ.
	Convenience Goods	Everyday essential household items, such as food.
	Core Policy	A short clear statement of the matters which the local planning authority will take into account when it receives an application for planning permission. If the proposed development is not consistent with the policy, the local planning authority is likely to refuse planning permission unless there are exceptional circumstances affecting the site, which would make this particular development acceptable. Core Policies are set out in the Core Strategy. See also development management document for standards the Council will also take into account when determining planning applications.
	Core Strategy	A Local Development Document setting out the long-term spatial vision and strategic objectives for the Local Planning Authority area. It includes a spatial strategy, core policies and a monitoring and implementation framework for achieving them. The Core Strategy has the status of a Development Plan Document.
	Curtilage	The area of land, usually enclosed, immediately surrounding a home or other building.
	Decent Home	A dwelling which: meets the current statutory minimum standard for housing (ie lack of hazards) is in a reasonable state of repair has reasonably modern facilities and services; and provides a reasonable degree of thermal comfort.
	Decentralised Energy	Decentralised Energy is electricity supplied from a large number of small, more efficient power plants. Decentralised energy can come from a range of sources, including renewables such as solar power, hydro-electric and wind power plants. For cities, CHP plants recover heat from the power generation process to heat homes and reduce overall emissions.
	Density	A measure of the intensity of development of a plot of land. One measure of residential density is the number of habitable rooms per hectare (hrha).
	Density Matrix	A residential development density control in the London Plan which seeks to achieve appropriate residential densities across London, based on the public transport accessibility level and character setting of the site and the characteristics of the scheme.
	Design and Access Statement	Statements are documents that explain the design thinking behind a planning application. For example, they should show that the person applying for permission has thought carefully about how everyone, including disabled people, older people and very young children, will be able to use the places they want to build.
	Development Control / Management	The process whereby a local planning authority receives and considers the merits of a planning application and whether it should be given permission, having regard to the development plan and all other material considerations.
DMD	Development Management Document	A document that sets out part or all a council’s standards for new developments.
	Development Plan	A document that sets out policies and proposals for development and use of land and buildings within the area of a local planning authority. As set out in Section 38(6) of the Act, it consists of the relevant regional spatial strategy (or the spatial development strategy in the case of Greater London) and the development plan documents contained within its local development framework.
DPD	Development Plan Document	A spatial planning document that is subject to independent examination, and together with the relevant regional spatial strategy, forms the development plan for a local planning authority area for the purposes of the Act. It can be, but is not limited to, a core strategy, site schedule or area action plan (where needed). DPDs are shown geographically on a proposals map. Individual DPDs or parts of a DPD can be reviewed independently from other DPDs. Each authority must set out the programme for preparing its DPDs in its local development scheme.
	Dwelling Mix	The mix of different types of homes provided on a site. For example, a scheme may include both houses and ﬂats to provide for a wide variety of different types of households.
	District Centre	A group of shops and some service outlets serving part of an urban area and providing a geographic focus for it, separate from and smaller than a major centre, but larger than and with more variety than local centres.
	Diversification	The action of diversifying existing economic activity into new areas of business in order to broaden the return on capital or assets.
	Education Authority	A local government body responsible for providing education for pupils of school age in the area of that local government body.
	Energy Efficiency	Using the minimum amount of energy needed to produce a given result.
	Enfield Design Guide	A document to provide guidance on how development can be carried out in accordance with good design practice whilst retaining local distinctiveness (see Local Development Scheme for more details).
	Enfield Strategic Partnership	The body which produced the community strategy “Enfield’s Future” for Enfield borough. See also strategic partnership.
	Environmental Impact Assessment	A procedure that must be followed in assessing the impact of certain types of development, usually more significant schemes, before they are granted planning permission. The procedure requires the developer to compile an Environmental Statement describing the likely significant effects of the development on the environment and proposed mitigation measures.
	Environment Statement	A document required to be prepared as part of the preparation of an environmental impact assessment describing the likely significant effects of proposed development on the environment and proposed mitigation measures, and which must be circulated to statutory consultation bodies and made available to the public for comment. Its contents, together with any comments on it, must be taken into account by the competent authority (eg local planning authority) before it may grant consent.
	Equality Impact Assessment	An Equality Impact Assessment examines a proposed or existing policy, plan, strategy or project to identify what effect its implementation may have on different groups in the community. It can anticipate and recommend ways to avoid any discriminatory or negative consequences for a particular group, and it also enables demonstration of the potential benefits for equality target groups arising from the proposed policy or project.
	Evidence Base	The information and data gathered by a local authority to demonstrate the soundness of the policy approach set out in local development documents, and including assessment of the physical, economic, and social characteristics of an area.
	Examination-in-Public	see Independent Examination
	Fuel Poverty	A household is said to be in fuel poverty if: they have required fuel costs that are above average (the national median level). were they to spend that amount they would be left with a residual income below the official poverty line.
GLA	Greater London Authority	A strategic body constituted under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, consisting of the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and staff, which has responsibility for producing regional strategic policy in a numbers of areas, including transport, economic development, planning, and the environment for the county of Greater London. Also known as the GLA. It produces the London Plan..
	Greater London Authority Road Network	See ‘Transport for London Road Network’.
	Green Belt	A designation for land around certain cities and large built-up areas, which aims to keep this land permanently open or largely undeveloped. Its purposes are to: • check the unrestricted sprawl of large built up areas prevent neighbouring towns from merging; • safeguard the countryside from encroachment; • preserve the setting and special character of historic towns; and • assist urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land. The detailed boundaries of such areas are defined in a development plan of each relevant local planning authority.
	Green Corridors	Areas identified to promote environmentally sustainable forms of transport such as walking and cycling within urban areas and with the potential to act as vital linkages for wildlife dispersal between wetlands and the countryside. They can link housing areas to the national cycle network, town and city centres, places of employment and community facilities.
	Green Industry	An environmentally friendly industry such as renewable energy and material processing and recycling facilities.
	Green Network	The network of accessible, multi-functional green and open spaces.
	Green Roofs	Vegetated roofs, or roofs with vegetated spaces. Also known as eco-roofs.
	Growth Area	An area identified for new residential development to accommodate population growth, as outlined in the Government’s Sustainable Communities Plan and in the case of London including the Thames Gateway and the London-Stansted-Cambridge-Peterborough Corridor.
	Habitable Room	A room within a dwelling house, but excluding kitchens less than 13 m2; bathrooms; toilets; sculleries not used for cooking; closets; pantries and storerooms; landings; halls; lobbies or recesses and offices or shops used solely for business purposes.
	Habitats Directive Assessment	In accordance with the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC the impacts of a land-use plan are assessed against the conservation objectives of a European Site, which includes Ramsar sites, and to ascertain whether it would adversely affect the integrity of that site. Also know as Appropriate Assessment.
	Historic Parks and Gardens	Parks and gardens included in a Register kept by English Heritage, ranging from town gardens and public parks to the great country estates, and reﬂecting the styles and tastes of past generations, from Medieval knot gardens and deer parks to sweeping 18th-century landscaped gardens, Victorian exotica and post-war examples. A local development plan can include a Register of Local Historic Parks and Gardens.
	Housing Demand	The quantity of housing that households are willing and able to buy or rent.
	Housing Need	The quantity of housing required for households who are unable to access suitable housing without financial assistance.
	Housing Tenure	The financial and legal arrangements under which someone has the right to live in a house. The most frequent forms are tenancy, in which rent is paid to a landlord, and owner occupancy. Mixed forms of tenure are also possible.
EiP	Independent Examination	A formal hearing, presided over by an Inspector or a Panel of Inspectors appointed by the Secretary of State, to consider the soundness of the development plan documents of a local planning authority or regional planning authority (eg the Greater London Authority). Also known as an Examination-in-Public (EiP).
IMD	Index of Multiple Deprivation	A ward-level index made up of six indicators (income, employment, health deprivation and disability, education, skills and training, housing and geographical access to services) for quantifying the degree of disadvantage in a ward, and which can help to identify areas for regeneration.
IBP	Industrial Business Park	Land designated as a Strategic Industrial Location that is suitable for businesses requiring a high quality environment.
IDP	Infrastructure Delivery Plan	The Council’s Infrastructure Delivery Plan sets out what social, physical and green infrastructure is required in the Borough to support planned growth in the Local Development Framework. The delivery of a soundLocal Development Framework is dependent on the Infrastructure Delivery Plan.
	Inspector’s Report	A report issued by the Inspector or Panel who conducts an independent examination, setting out their conclusions on the matters raised at the Examination and detailing the amendments which they require the Local Planning Authority to make to the Local Development Document before it adopts the document. The requirements of an Inspector’s Report are binding.
	Interim Direction Document	The Interim Direction Document sets out the principles of a policy document prior to it being drawn up.
	Intermediate Housing	Housing at prices and rents above those of social rented housing, but below market price or rents, and which meet the criteria for affordable housing. These can include shared equity products (eg HomeBuy), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent. It can include homes provided by private sector bodies or provided without grant funding. Where such homes meet the definition of intermediate housing, they may be considered, for planning purposes, as affordable housing. Whereas, homes that do not meet this definition, for example, ‘low cost market’ housing, may not be considered, for planning purposes, as affordable housing.
	Issues and Options	A document produced by a local planning authority during the early production stage of the preparation of Development Plan Documents and which may be issued for consultation to meet the requirements of Regulation 25 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
	Key Worker	A worker defined by the Government as being eligible by virtue of their type of employment for the purchase of housing provided by the Housing Corporation-funded Key WorkerLiving programme, and other workers employed in the public sector and not defined as a key worker but identified by the Regional Housing Board as eligible for the same housing purchase assistance.
LEAP	Local Equipped Area for Play	An unsupervised play area equipped for children of early school age and generally within five minutes’ walking time of home. The area should be appropriate for children of 4-8 years of age.
	Lea or Lee	See ‘River Lea, or River Lee’.
	Lee Valley Corridor	The area of strategically important development opportunities and existing industry either side of the River Lee, in parts of Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest boroughs.
LVHN	Lee Valley Heat Network	The LVHN is an opportunity to deliver a commercially sustainable decentralised heat network to the Upper Lee Valley.
	Lee Valley Regional Park	A 4,000 ha (10,000 acre) regional park that stretches for 42 km (26 miles) on both sides of the River Lee, from the River Thames to Ware in Hertfordshire.
	Lee Valley Regional Park Authority	A body constituted on 1 January 1967 under the Lee Valley Regional Park Act 1966 with responsibility for the Lee Valley Regional Park and for developing a wide range of leisure, sport and recreation, including nature conservation facilities and the protection and enhancement of the natural environment.
	Lifetime Homes	Homes designed to meet the changing needs of the population from young children to the elderly, and thereby meeting the varying needs of numerous changes of occupiers in the same home by being designed to be accessible, adaptable and convenient and able to accommodate people with moderate mobility difficulties.
	Listed Building	An historic building recorded on a statutory list of buildings of ‘special architectural or historic interest’ compiled by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, on advice from English Heritage, to ensure that the architectural and historic interest of the building is carefully considered before any alterations, outside or inside, are agreed. A building is graded I, II* or II, with grade I being the highest. Listing includes the interior as well as the exterior of the building, and any buildings or permanent structures (e.g. wells) within the curtilage.
	Local Centre	A small group of shops and service outlets serving a local catchment. Sometimes referred to as a neighbourhood centre.
	Local Development Document	A document which forms part of the local development framework and which can be adopted and revised as a single entity and includes development plan documents, supplementary planning documents and the statement of community involvement.
	Local Development Framework	A “folder” or suite of local development documents, drawn up by the local planning authority, which together with the relevant regional spatial strategy, and forms the development plan for its area. Also known as an LDF.
	Local Development Scheme	A document setting out the intentions of the local planning authority for its local development framework; in particular, the local development documents it intends to produce and the timetable for their production and review. Also known as an LDS.
	Local List	A list compiled by a local planning authority of buildings of special local architectural or historic interest but which do not meet the criteria to be statutorily listed by English Heritage as listed buildings. Councils are empowered by NPPF and PPS5 to draw up local lists and to support them through appropriate planning policies with the intention that, by drawing attention to the special interest of these buildings, owners will be encouraged to take particular care when undertaking any alterations or extensions.
	Locally Listed Building	A building included on a local list.
	Local Planning Authority	A body charged under the Act with the responsibility for preparing a local development framework for a specific area and for deciding whether development proposals should receive planning permission. In the case of Enfield Borough, Enfield Borough Council is the local planning authority. Also known as an LPA.
	Local Strategic Partnership	A partnership of stakeholders which is usually non-statutory and multi-agency and which develops ways of involving local people from the public, private, community and voluntary sectors in the planning processes which shape the future of their neighbourhood and how services are provided, resulting in production of a community strategy. The Enfield Strategic Partnership is the local strategic partnership responsible for producing Enfield’s community strategy.
	London Development Agency	One of the Greater London Authority group organisations, acting on behalf of the Mayor of London, whose aim is to further the economic development and regeneration of London. Also known as the LDA.
	London Plan	Also known as the Spatial Development Strategy, this document was published by the Mayor of London in July 2011 and provides a strategic framework for the boroughs’ Unitary Development Plans.
	London-Stansted- Cambridge- Peterborough Corridor	A land corridor covering the areas around and between North London, Harlow, Stansted Airport and Cambridge. Also known as the LSPC. It has been prioritised for development and growth by the Government in its Communities Plan (“Sustainable Communities: Building for the future”).
LSIS	Locally Significant Industrial Sites	Area designated for employment uses and protected by planning policy.
	Major Centre	Important shopping and service centres, often with a borough-wide or larger catchment.
	Market Housing	Private housing for rent or for sale, where the price is set in the open market.
	Mayor of London	An elected politician who heads the Greater London Authority and is responsible for budgeting and strategic planning of some governmental functions across the whole of the region of London. These include transport, police, fire and emergency services, economic development and regional spatial planning.
MOL	Metropolitan Open Land	Strategic open land within the urban area that contributes to the structure of London.
	Mixed Use Development	Development for a variety of activities on single sites (often within the same building) or across wider areas such as town centres and redundant industrial land.
	Modal Shift	A change between different modes of transport/ The term is usually used in relation to encouraging people to use more sustainable modes of transport (such as walking or cycling) in preference to the private car.
MUGA	Multi-Use Games Area	Multi-Use Games Areas are play spaces for more than one sport. They are normally surrounded by a mesh fence and have a variety of painted markings on the court for games such as basketball.
	National Planning Policy Framework	The National Planning Policy Framework was published by the government in March 2012. It sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.
NEAP	Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play	A play area with equipment suitable for children of 8-14 years old, ideally located within 15 minutes walking time from home. The size of the play area should accommodate a minimum of 8 differing types of play equipment.
NGAP	Northern Gateway Access Package	NGAP will coordinate transport improvements across North East Enfield as a whole with the aims of: • improving connectivity by all modes for existing businesses and residents; • enhancing Brimsdown and other parts of North East Enfield as a place to do business; • addressing existing transport impacts, including severance, congestion and poor air quality; and • ensuring that the necessary transport infrastructure is in place (including pedestrian and cycle infrastructure) to support planned population and employment growth in North East Enfield and the wider Upper Lee Valley.
	Open Space	All areas free of development. This includes space of public value, such as public landscaped areas, playing fields, parks and play areas, and also including areas of water such as rivers, canals, lakes and reservoirs, which can offer opportunities for sport and recreation or can also act as a visual amenity and a haven for wildlife.
	Opportunity Area	One of a number of areas identified in the London Plan for accommodating large scale development to provide substantial numbers of new employment and housing, with a mixed and intensive use of land and assisted by good public transport accessibility.
	Outer London	The Outer London boroughs are as follows: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, Waltham Forest.
	Outer London Commission	A body established by the Mayor of London to advise how Outer London can play its full part in the city’s economic success.
	Place Shaping	A term created by Sir Michael Lyon in authoring “The Lyons Inquiry into Local Government” which advocates a more strategic role for local government and which is defined as: “the creative use of powers and inﬂuence to promote the general well-being of a community and its citizens”. He states that this role should include the following: building and shaping local identity; representing the community; regulating harmful and disruptive behaviours; maintaining the cohesiveness of the community and supporting debate within it, ensuring smaller voices are heard; helping to resolve disagreements; working to make the local economy more successful while being sensitive to pressures on the environment; understanding local needs and preferences and making sure that the right services are provided to local people; and working with other bodies to response to complex challenges such as natural disasters and other emergencies.
	Preferred options document	One of the documents produced as part of the preparation of Development Plan Documents, and issued for formal public participation.
PIL	Preferred Industrial Location	Land designated as a Strategic Industrial Location that is particularly suitable for general industrial, light industrial, storage and distribution, waste management, recyling, utlities and other industrial related activities.
	Primary Capital Programme	A national scheme that aims to develop primary schools and primary age special schools across the country.
	Primary Care Trust	Statutory body responsible for delivering health care and health improvements to its local area. Also known as PCT and NHS Enfield.
	Public Realm	Areas that are accessible to everyone (whether publicly or privately owned). In urban areas. This includes most streets, squares and parks.
PTAL	Public Transport Accessibility Level	A quantified measure of the extent and ease of access by public transport to facilities and services, and the degree of access to the public transport network. Also known as PTAL.
RSL	Registered Social Landlord	Independent not-for-profit provider of housing, registered with the Housing Corporation under the Housing Act 1996. An RSL may be an Industrial and Provident Societies, a registered charity or a company.
	Renewable Energy	Energy derived from sources that can be replenished at the rate at which they are used. For example, energy derived from sustainably farmed trees, the wind, water ﬂow, tides or the sun.
	River Lea, or River Lee	Historically, the River has been called the “Lea”, “Lee” or “Ley”, the “Ley” spelling is seen in medieval documents but subsequently passed from common usage. Currently, “Lea” and “Lee” are the generally accepted spellings, with “Lea” used in reference to the original natural river and “Lee” referring to the canalised parts, such as the Lee Navigation. However, both spellings are often used. For the purposes of consisitency and to avoid confusion, this AAP uses the spelling “Lee” when referring to the waterways in the area.
	Saved policy or plan	A unitary development plan or a part or parts of a unitary development plan which is exempted from a general order rescinding the plan or a class or classes of provisions of such plans. Enfield’s adopted unitary development plan was saved (continued in force) automatically for three years from the date of commencement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act in 2004. At the expiry of this period in 2007 the Enfield UDP policies were required to undergo an assessment to assess their appropriateness for saving beyond this time period until such time as the UDP was replaced by the LDF. As a result of this assessment most of Enfield’s unitary development plan policies were saved whilst 53 expired in September 2007.
	Section 106 Agreement	A legal agreement under Section 106 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 between a planning authority and a developer, in order to achieve the aims of relevant planning policies through ensuring that certain extra works related to a development are undertaken.
	Segregated Route	Cycle infrastructure consisting of marked lanes, shoulders and paths designated for use by cyclists and from which motorised traffic is generally excluded.
	Selective Vehicle Detection	SVD is the name of a bus priority system used by London Buses in order to allow traffic signals to selectively favour buses’ movement through intersection by changing traffic light sequences and timings as buses approach.
	Service Industries	Service industries are part of the ‘tertiary sector’ of industry and involves the provision of services to other businesses as well as to consumers. Services may involve the transport, distribution and sale of goods from producer to a consumer, as may happen in wholesaling and retailing, or may involve the provision of a service, such as in pest control or entertainment.
	Shared Surface	Shared surfaces are spaces in which demarcations between vehicle traffic and pedestrians is minimised, often by removing features such as curbs, road surface markings, traffic signs, and regulations.
SIL	Strategic Industrial Location	One of a number of locations defined in the London Plan, and identified as a Preferred Industrial Location, Industrial Business Park or Science Park, the existence of which helps to ensure that sufficient sites of appropriate quality and attributes in appropriate locations are provided to meet the needs of the general business, industrial and warehousing sectors.
	Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation	A site which contains a significant example at borough level of a natural habitat which contains particularly species or assemblages of species which are rare in the borough or which contain important populations of species, or which is of particular significance within otherwise heavily built-up areas of London.
SINC	Site of Importance for Nature Conservation	A site originally identified by the Greater London Council, or later by the London Ecology Unit, London boroughs or Greater London Authority, chosen to represent the most significant wildlife habitats and emphasise the value of access for people. Also known as a SINC. SINCs are classified into sites of metropolitan, borough and local importance for nature conservation.
	Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation	A site of importance for nature conservation which is, or may be, of particular value to people nearby (such as residents or schools) and is particularly important in areas otherwise deficient in nearby wildlife sites, as determined by the GLA. Only those sites that provide a significant contribution to the ecology of a local area are defined as sites of local importance.
SMINC	Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation	A site which contains a significant example of a natural London habitat which contains particularly rare species, rare assemblages of species or important populations of species, or which is of particular significance within otherwise heavily built-up areas of London. Also known as a SMINC. SMINCs are of the highest priority for protection.
SSSI	Site of Special Scientific Interest	A site identified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) as an area of special interest by reason of any of its ﬂora, fauna, geological or physiographical features (basically, plants, animals, and natural features relating to the Earth’s structure). Also known as an SSSI.
	Sites Schedule	A development plan document setting out the allocations of sites for specific uses/ developments.
SME	Small and Medium sized Enterprise	An independent business managed by its owner or part owners and having a small market share either by number of employees or turnover.
	Social Exclusion	A term for the result of people or areas suffer from a combination of linked problems, such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown.
	Social Infrastructure	Covers facilities such as health provision, early years provision, schools, colleges and universities, community, cultural, recreation and sports facilities, places of worship, policing and other criminal justice or community safety facilities, children and young people’s play and informal recreation facilities. This list is not intended to be exhaustive and other facilities can be included as social infrastructure.
	Social Rented Housing	Rented housing owned and managed by local authorities and registered social landlords, for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also include rented housing owned or managed by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Housing Corporation as a condition of grant.
	Soundness	See ‘Test of Soundness’.
	Spatial Planning	An ongoing process of managing change which goes beyond traditional land use planning to bring together and integrate policies for the development and use of land with other policies and programmes which inﬂuence the nature of places and how they function. This includes policies which can affect land use by inﬂuencing the demands on, or needs for, development, but which are not capable of being delivered solely or mainly through the granting or refusal of planning permission and which may be implemented by other means.
	Spatial Portrait	A succinct description of the area, designed to portray its individual character, key trends and the current ‘drivers for change’.
	Statement of Community Involvement	A document which sets out the standards that a local planning authority will achieve with regard to involving local communities in the preparation of Local Development Documents and development control decisions, and which is not a Development Plan Document but is subject to independent examination.
	Strategic Environmental Assessment	A generic term used to describe environmental assessment as applied to policies, plans and programmes. 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’. It is a tool for integrating environmental considerations into decision- making by ensuring that any significant environmental effects of the decision are taken into account, and must form an integral part of the adoption process for Local Development Documents and must be taken into account right from the initial stages of plan preparation. Also known as an SEA.
SFRA	Strategic Flood Risk Assessment	Local planning authorities (LPA) are required to undertake a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) as part of the planning process in accordance PPS25. SFRAs provide information about ﬂood risk throughout the area of the LPA, either individually or combined with neighbouring LPAs. The SFRA will consider the effects of climate change on river and coastal ﬂooding, identify the risk from other sources of ﬂooding, and consider appropriate policies for development in or adjacent to ﬂood risk areas.
	Strategic Partnership	A co-operative arrangement set up to bring together major public sector organisations, local businesses, community and voluntary groups, to create a healthy, prosperous, cohesive community living in a borough that is safe, clean and green and responsible for producing a Community Strategy.
	Strategic Road Network	See ‘Transport for London Road Network’.
	Submission DPD	A stage in the statutory process for the adoption of local development documents that are also development plan documents. The local planning authority must submit the draft DPD, known as the submission DPD,to the Secretary of State for independent examination.
	Supplementary Planning Document	A local development document providing supplementary information in respect of the policies in development plan documents and not forming part of the development plan nor subject to independent examination. Instead the local planning authority can approve the document by formal resolution of the Council, but it must be subjected to full public consultation if it is to be accorded any weight in decisions on development proposals. Also known as an SPD.
	Sustainability Appraisal	The examination of a local development document to ascertain whether its policies and proposals reﬂect sustainable development objectives (i.e. social, environmental and economic factors). Also known as an SA.
	Sustainable Community	A community which achieves the objectives set out in the Government’s “Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future”: A ﬂourishing local economy to provide jobs and wealth Strong leadership to respond positively to change. Effective engagement and participation by local people, groups and businesses, especially in the planning, design and long-term stewardship of their community, and an active voluntary and community sector. A safe and healthy local environment with well-designed public and green space. Sufficient size, scale and density, and the right layout to support basic amenities in the neighbourhood and minimise use of resources (including land) Good public transport and other transport infrastructure both within the community and linking it to urban, rural and regional centres Buildings – both individually and collectively – that can meet different needs over time, and that minimise the use of resources. A well-integrated mix of decent homes of different types and tenures to support a range of household sizes, ages and incomes Good quality local public services, including education and training opportunities, health care and community facilities, especially for leisure A diverse, vibrant and creative local culture, encouraging pride in the community and cohesion within it. A ‘sense of place’. The right links with the wider regional, national and international community.
	Sustainable Design and Construction	A philosophy of creating buildings that meet the needs of building users and the wider community and minimises environmental impact by: adopting forms of design and construction that minimise adverse impacts on the environment and that protect and enhance the diversity of nature; providing buildings that enhance the quality of life of everyone both now and in the future; and designing and constructing buildings that are high quality working environments that lead to greater productivity.
	Sustainable Development	The core principle underpinning contemporary town planning in the UK, based on the ideal of ensuring a better quality of life through development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The Government has set out four aims for sustainable development: social progress which recognises the needs of everyone; effective protection of the environment; the prudent use of natural resources; and, the maintenance of high and stable levels of economic growth and employment. These aims should be pursued in an integrated way through a sustainable, innovative and productive economy that delivers high levels of employment, and a just society that promotes social inclusion, sustainable communities and personal well being, in ways that protect and enhance the physical environment and optimise resource and energy use.
	Sustainability	See ‘Sustainable Development’.
SUDs	Sustainable Drainage System	A drainage system designed to: control the quantity of run-off from a development; improve the quality of the run- off; enhance the nature conservation, landscape and amenity value of the site and its surroundings. SUDS deal with run-off as close to its source as possible and balance all three objectives, rather than focusing only on ﬂood prevention. Two examples are Swales and basins which retain water for a period of time prior to discharge to a natural watercourse. SUDs are one of a number measures to manage ﬂood risk.
	Test of Soundness	The testing of a Development Plan Document in terms of being based on good evidence and being prepared in accordance with all the necessary procedures including measures set out in the relevant Statement of Community Involvement. The full list of tests against which documents are assessed is set out in Planning Policy Statement 12.
	Topography	A description (or visual representation on a map) of the shape of the land, for example, contours or changes in the height of land relative to sea level.
	Townscape	The general appearance of a built-up area, for example a street, a town or city.
	Transport Assessment	An assessment of the availability of, and levels of access to, all forms of transportation from a site.
TfL	Transport for London	One of the GLA group organisations, accountable to the Mayor of London, with responsibility for delivering an integrated and sustainable transport strategy and operation for London.
TLRN	Transport for London Road Network	The mayor’s term for the Greater London Authority Road Network as described in the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and comprising 550 km of London’s red routes and other important streets.
UDP	Unitary Development Plan	A type of development plan introduced in 1986 and replaced by local development frameworks in the Act. Enfield’s unitary development plan was adopted in March 1994.
	Urban Design	The design of buildings, groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes, in villages, towns and cities, to create successful development.
	Urban Grain	The pattern, size and arrangement of street blocks and plots.
	Use Class	A category of landuse activities requiring planning permission which is set according to a use classes order. The uses are grouped into classes A, B, C and D and sui generis (a use not within a specific class). The classes are: • A1 (shops); A2 (financial and professional services); A3 (restaurants and cafes); A4 (drinking establishments); A5 (hot food takeaways); B1 (business); B2 (general industry); B8 (storage and distribution); C1 (hotels); C2 (residential institutions); C2A (secure residential institutions); • C3 (dwelling houses); D1 (non-residential institutions); D2 (assembly and leisure); Sui Generis (a use not within a specific class).
	Use Classes Order	A legislative mechanism under the terms of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by the Use Classes (Amendment) Order 2005, and the General Permitted Development (Amendment) Order 2005, which sets out when permission is or is not required for changes to the use of land and buildings, and the circumstances under which such changes can be undertaken.
	West Anglia Route Modernisation Enhancements	A project designed to provide significant capacity and other performance improvements on the London-Stansted-Cambridge-Peterborough rail route. Also known as WARME.

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