Table 8.1
Term |
Definition |
Affordable Housing |
Affordable housing includes social rented and intermediate housing, provided to specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Affordable housing should meet the needs of eligible households including availability at a cost low enough for them to afford, determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include the provision for the home to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or, if these restrictions are lifted, for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative housing provision. |
Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) |
A Local Development Document (LDD) and part of the Local Development Framework (LDF). It assesses the implementation of the Local Development Scheme (LDS) and policies in other Local Development Documents. It is submitted to the Secretary of State in December of each year and will report on the year ending 31st March. |
Appropriate Assessment |
Required under the European Habitats Directive to assess the impact of plans on 'European Sites' of nature conservation importance. The Appropriate Assessment of the Mole Valley Core Strategy has been published as a background document. |
Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV) |
Areas of land identified as having a high visual quality of regional importance. |
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) |
Areas of land having a national landscape importance, designated under the National Park and Access to Countryside Act 1949. |
Balanced Housing Market |
A housing market where the majority of people have or are able to obtain a home which meets their housing needs in terms of type, size and tenure of dwelling required. Supply and demand of the type, size and tenure of dwellings should therefore be in equilibrium. |
BREEAM Standards |
BREEAM is a widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. BREEAM assesses buildings against a set criteria and provides an overall score which will fall within a band providing either a; PASS, GOOD, VERY GOOD or EXCELLENT rating. |
Brownfield Land |
Land that has or had some form of build development on it (includes residential garden land). Please see PPS3 for further detail. |
Community Plan |
A Plan concerned with improving the quality of life in a local authority's area, prepared by the local authority together with its partners on the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP). The Plan contains a long-term vision and identifies priorities and actions to deliver that vision, the spatial implications of which may be set out in the Local Development Framework (LDF). |
Comparison Shopping |
Non-food products such as clothing, furniture and electrical goods for which some comparison is normally made before purchase. |
Concealed Household |
Someone living in a household wanting to move to their own accommodation and form a separate household (e.g. adult children living with parents). |
Convenience Shopping |
Goods such as food, newspapers and drinks, which tend to be purchased regularly. |
Core Strategy |
A special Development Plan Document (DPD) that sets out a long-term vision for the District and the strategic policies and proposals that will deliver that vision (which will closely relate to to the vision for the Community Plan). All other Development Plan Documents must be in accordance with the Core Strategy. |
Decentralised Energy |
Energy supply from local renewable and local low-carbon sources (i.e. on-site and near- site but not remote off site-site) usually on a relatively small scale. Decentralised energy is a broad term used to denote a diverse range of technologies, including micro-renewables, which can locally serve an individual building, development or wider community and includes heating and cooling energy. |
Development Plan |
This comprises the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) and the Development Plan Documents contained in the Local Development Framework and set out all the planning policies for the District at both regional and local level. |
Development Plan Document (DPD) |
A Local Development Document (DPD) that is subject to independent examination. Together with the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS), Development Plan Documents will form the Development Plan for the local authority area (as set out in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004). Development Plan Documents include the Core Strategy, Site-Specific Allocations of Land, Area Action Plans and the Proposals Map. |
District Centre |
District centres will usually comprise groups of shops often containing at least one supermarket or superstore, and a range of non-retail services, such as banks, building societies and restaurants, as well as local public facilities such as a library. |
Ecological Footprint |
An Ecological Footprint is a tool that is used to help quantify the environmental impacts that we are having on the planet and is calculated by measuring how much productive land and sea is needed to provide the energy, food and materials used by a given population. As well as direct land take ('real land'), an Ecological Footprint calculates the carbon dioxide emissions generated from the oil, coal and gas we burn; and determines how much land is required to absorb them ('energy land'). In simple terms it measures the resources consumed by a population and provides an account of the balance between human demand and nature's supply. |
Extra Care Housing |
This type of housing is designed with the needs of older people in mind and with varying levels of care and support available on site. People who live in Extra Care housing have their own self contained homes and benefit from communal facilities being available. Properties can be rented, owned or part owned/ part rented. Extra Care is also know as very sheltered housing, assisted living, or simply as 'housing with care'. |
Flood Zone |
An area within which the flood risk is in a particular range, as defined in Planning Policy Statement 25 (Development and Flood Risk) |
Government Office for the South East (GOSE) |
The representative of Central Government in the South East region, with the aim of integrating Government policies and programmes at regional and local level. |
Green Belt |
Green Belt is a planning policy applied to an area. The fundamental aim of Green Belt policy is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open, the most important aspect of Green Belts being their openness. Green Belts can shape patterns of urban development helping to ensure that development occurs in locations allocated in Development Plans. They help to protect the countryside, be it in agricultural, forestry or other use. They can assist in moving towards more sustainable patters on urban development. |
Greenfield |
Greenfield land is land which has never previously been developed, or fully restored former waste disposal landfill sites or minerals extraction land. This could be both within and outside built-up areas. |
Gypsies and Travellers |
Persons of nomadic habit of life whatever their race or origin, including such persons who on grounds of their own or their family's or dependents' educational or health needs or old age have ceased to travel temporarily or permanently, but excluding members of an organised group of travelling showpeople or circus people travelling together as such. |
Independent Examination |
The Local Planning Authority must arrange for all Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) to be independently examined by the Planning Inspectorate (PINS). This will usually take the form of a public inquiry but can be done by written representations depending on the document and the nature of any objections to it |
Infrastructure |
A collective term for physical structures, facilities and services needed by the community, for example: buildings, roads, power supplies, health, sports and education facilities, village halls, doctors' surgeries, churches and open space. |
Intermediate Affordable Housing |
Housing at prices and rents above those of social rent, but below market price or rents,and which meet the criteria set out for Affordable Housing. These can include shared equity products (eg HomeBuy), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent. The definition does not exclude homes provided by private sector bodies or provided without grant funding. Where such homes meet the definition above, they may be considered, for planning purposes, as affordable housing. Whereas, those homes that do not meet the definition, for example, ‘low cost market’. |
Knowledge Based Firms |
Knowledge based firms include industries which
utilise knowledge as a key asset and which develop or use advanced
technologies including for example: |
Land Allocations Development Plan Document |
This document will identify and allocate sufficient housing and employment land for up to 15 years ahead, and land for other identified purposes in accordance with the requirements, vision and spatial strategy set out in the Core Strategy. |
Landscape Character |
A distinct, recognisable and consistent pattern of elements in the landscape that makes one landscape different from another, rather than better or worse. |
Local Centres |
Local centres include a range of small shops of a local nature, serving a small catchment. Typically, local centres might include, amongst other shops, a small supermarket, a newsagent, a sub-post office and a pharmacy. Other facilities could include a hot-food takeaway and laundrette. In rural areas, large villages may perform the role of a local centre. |
Local Development Document (LDD) |
The collective term for the documents of different types (Local Development Scheme (LDS), Development Plan Documents (DPDs), Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs), Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) that make up the Local Development Framework (LDF). |
Local Development Framework (LDF) |
The name of the folder of Local Development Documents (Local Development Scheme, Development Plan Documents, Supplementary Planning Documents, Statement of Community Involvement, Annual Monitoring Report) that will provide the framework for delivering the spatial planning strategy for a local authority area. |
Local Development Scheme (LDS) |
A document that sets out the timetable for preparing other Local Development Documents in the three year period ahead. |
Local Nature Reserve (LNR) |
Habitats of local significance for nature conservation which are managed partly for educational objectives. |
Local Plan |
Superseded by the new system of Local Development Frameworks, the adopted Local Plan set out land use planning policies for the Local Planning Authority. Transitional arrangements allow policies in existing adopted plans to be saved and continue to be used for the time being. |
Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) |
A partnership of stakeholders which brings together locally the public, private, voluntary and community sectors in shaping the future of an area and its infrastructure and service provision. The Local Strategic Partnership prepares the Community Plan for the District. |
Market Retirement Homes (includes Sheltered Housing) |
Retirement housing (also known as sheltered housing) is a group of flats or bungalows where all residents are older people (usually over 55). With a few exceptions, all developments (or 'schemes') provide independent, self-contained homes which are available to rent or buy. There are usually some common facilities that all residents can use - such as a residents' lounge, a guest suite, and a laundry. Many schemes have their own 'manager' or 'warden', either living on-site or nearby. Schemes usually contain between 15 and 40 properties. |
Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities |
Open space is all open space of public value, including not just land, but also areas of water such as rivers, lakes etc, which offer important opportunities for sport and recreation and can also act as a visual amenity. |
Planning Inspectorate (PINS) |
The independent body, working for the Government, responsible for examining planning documents prepared by local planning authorities, and determining planning and enforcement appeals. See also Independent Examination. |
Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) |
A non-statutory note issued by a Government department, providing guidance on current planning issues. |
Planning Policy Statement (PPS) |
A non-statutory statement of Government policy on current planning issues, often supported by guidance documents. PPSs are gradually replacing older-style PPGs. |
Proposals Map |
The illustration of policies and proposals contained in Development Plan Documents (DPDs) on an Ordnance Survey base map, with inset maps where it is necessary to show particular areas in more detail. |
Regionally Important Geological / Geomorphological Sites (RIGGS) |
RIGGS are geological and geomorphological sites, other than SSSIs, that are considered worth protecting for their educational importance, and for their research, historical or aesthetic interest. |
Regional Hub |
Centres where the provision of (or potential to provide) a range of multimodal transport services, which support the concentration of land uses and higher order economic, cultural and service activity. |
Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) |
Overarching strategy produced by Regional Planning Body, (South East England Partnership Board) with broad land use, transport and other policies to inform LDFs, will form part of the statutory development plan - called the South East Plan. |
Regional Spoke |
Transport designed to support the regional hubs through appropriate linkages that enhance accessibility primarily by public transport. |
Regulation 30(d) Statement |
A statement required by regulation 30d of The Town and Country Planning (Local Development)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2008 setting out those bodies and persons invited to make representations at the various consultation stages, how those bodies and persons were invited to make such representations, a summary of the main issues raised and how those main issues have been addressed in the preparation of the Core Strategy. |
Reserve Housing Site |
Sites identified in the Mole Valley Local Plan (2000), Policy HSG6 held in reserve to meet future housing requirements which could not be met from land within the built-up areas. |
Sites of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) |
Sites which are of County or regional wildlife value on account of their flora or fauna. |
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) |
A site designated in the UK to be of importance for nature conservation due to the presence of rare or good example of fauna and flora. |
Smart Growth |
Policy RE5 of the South East Plan defines smart growth as increasing the region's prosperity whilst reducing the rate of increase in its ecological footprint. More specifically the Regional Economic Strategy defines "Smart Growth" as - lifting under performance through increasing the region's stock of businesses; maximising the number of people ready for employment at all skills levels, and ensuring they are equipped to progress in the labour market; increasing the participation of South East businesses in tendering for public sector contracts; reducing road congestion and pollution levels by improving travel choice, promoting public transport, managing demand and facilitating modal shifts; ensuring sufficient and affordable housing and employment space of the right type and size to meet the needs of the region and create the climate for long-term investment through efficient use of land resources, including mixed-use developments; and improving the productivity of the workforce and increasing economic activity. |
Social Rented Accommodation |
Rented housing owned and managed by local authorities and registered social landlords, for which guideline targets rents are determined through the national rent regime. The proposals set out in the Three Year Review of Rent Restructuring (July 2004) were implemented in policy in April 2006. It may also include rented housing owned or managed by other persons and provided under equivalent rental agreements to the above, as agrees with the local authority or within the Housing Corporation as a condition of grant. |
South East England Partnership Board (SEEPB) |
The regional authority responsible for producing the Regional Spatial Strategy. |
South East Plan |
see Regional Spatial Strategy |
Special Area of Conservation (SAC) |
SACs are areas which have been given special protection under the European Union’s Habitats Directive. They provide increased protection to a variety of wild animals, plants and habitats and are a vital part of global efforts to conserve the world’s biodiversity |
Special Protection Area (SPA) |
European designated area warranting special protection for the importance of its fauna. The area will comprise a number of sites that are also designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the UK. For example, the Natura 2000 designated Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area comprises 13 SSSIs across Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire, protected principally for its rare species of ground-nesting birds. |
Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) |
Sets out how and when the community will be involved in the preparation of other Local Development Documents and in development control decisions. The SCI is subject to independent examination. |
Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) |
A document providing supplementary information in respect of policies in Development Plan Documents, and not itself forming part of the Development Plan. Supplementary Planning Documents are not subject to independent examination. |
Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) |
Predecessor of SPD; a document providing supplementary information in respect of policies in the Local Plan, and not itself forming part of the Development Plan. |
Structure Plan |
A strategic plan policy document produced at County level. |
Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment SA / SEA |
Sustainability Appraisal is a tool for appraising policies to ensure that they reflect sustainable development objectives (that is, social, economic and environmental factors) and required by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to be undertaken for Local Development Documents. Strategic Environmental Assessment is the environmental assessment of plans, policies and programmes, formally required by the European 'SEA Directive' (2001/42/EC) and in the UK incorporated into the process of Sustainability Appraisal in respect of Local Development Documents. |
Sustainable Communities |
Sustainable communities are places where people
want to live and work, now and in the future. They meet the diverse
needs of existing and future residents, are sensitive to their
environment, and contribute to a high quality of life. They are
safe and inclusive, well planned, built and run, and offer equality
of opportunity and good services for all.For communities to be
sustainable, they must offer: |
The Code For Sustainable Homes (The Code) |
Provides a comprehensive measure of sustainability of a new home by rating and certifying new homes against nine categorises of sustainable design: energy/CO2, pollution, water, health and well-being, materials, management, surface water run-off, ecology and waste. |
The Development Tariff |
The process of requiring the payment of a financial contribution towards the cost of the provision of infrastructure that is required as a consequence of new development. The level of the tariff is dependent on the type and size of development granted planning and its collection by the Council has been established through the Council's Planning Obligations and Infrastructure Provision Code of Practice. |
Town Centres |
Town centres will usually be the second level of centres after city centres and, in many cases, they will be the principal centre or centres in a local authority's area. In rural areas they are likely to be market towns and other centres of similar size and role which function as important service centres, providing a range of facilities and services for extensive rural catchment areas. In planning the future or town centres, local planning authorities should consider the function of different parts of the centre and how these contribute to its overall vitality and viability. |
Townscape |
The characteristics or components that go together to make up the urban environment. |
Travelling Showpeople |
Members of a group organised for the purpose of holding fairs, circuses or shows (whether or not travelling together as such). This includes such persons who on the grounds of their own or their family's or dependents' more localised pattern of trading, educational or health needs or old age have ceased to travel temporarily or permanently, but excludes Gypsies and Travellers as defined in Circular 01/2006 |
Water Course |
A channel through which a body of water such as rivers, brooks, streams flows. |
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