| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affordable Housing | Social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision |
| Air Quality Management Areas | Areas designated by local authorities because they are not likely to achieve national air quality objectives by the relevant deadlines |
| Ancient Woodland | A descriptive term for a group of native woodland habitats. These special areas have remained as woodland since at least 1600 and their soils are relatively undisturbed by people. Ancient woodland is the richest terrestrial habitat for wildlife, being home to more threatened species than any other, and represents the last fragments of the wildwood that once covered the country. (www.woodlandtrust.org.uk) |
| Biodiversity | The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem |
| Borough Local Plan (BLP) | The plan adopted by the Council for the future development of the local area, in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) | A levy allowing local authorities to raise funds from owners or developers of land undertaking new building projects in their area |
| Conservation | The process of maintaining and managing change to a heritage asset in a way that sustains and, where appropriate, enhances its significance |
| Cumulative impact | Effects that result from incremental changes over time caused by past, present and foreseeable actions |
| Development Plan | Comprehensive term for adopted Local Plans and Neighbourhood Plans within the Borough, plus one saved policy of the South East Plan, as defined in Section 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 |
| Economic Development | Development, including those within the E(g) and B Use Classes, public and community uses and main town centre uses (but excluding housing development) |
| Edge of Centre | For retail purposes, a location that is well connected and up to 300 metres of the primary shopping area. For all other main town centre uses, a location within 300 metres of a town centre boundary. For office development, this includes locations outside the town centre but within 500 metres of a public transport interchange. In determining whether a site falls within the definition of edge of centre, account should be taken of local circumstances |
| Green Belt | In the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Green Belt refers to the Metropolitan Green Belt. The designation accounts for 82% of the land area of the Royal Borough |
| Green Networks / Green Corridors | The linking together of natural, semi-natural and man-made open spaces to create an interconnected network |
| Greenfield | Any land that is not classified as PDL (previously developed land). Greenfield is not only countryside but also for example, open spaces in urban areas |
| Green Infrastructure | A strategically planned network of high quality natural and semi-natural areas with other environmental features, which is designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystems services and protect biodiversity in both rural and urban settings |
| Habitable rooms | Habitable rooms are defined as any room used or intended to be used for sleeping, cooking, living or eating purposes. Enclosed spaces such as bath or toilet facilities, service rooms, corridors, laundries, hallways, utility rooms or similar spaces are excluded from this definition |
| Heritage Asset | A building, monument, site, place, area or landscape identified as having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions, because of its heritage interest. Heritage asset includes designated heritage assets and assets identified by the local planning authority (including local listing) |
| Infilling | The infilling of a small gap within an otherwise built up frontage or group of houses |
| Isolux Diagram | A line through all points on a surface where the illumination is the same; called an isofootcandle line if the illumination is expressed in foot-candles. A series of such lines for various illumination values is called an isolux diagram |
| Main Town Centre Uses | Retail development (including warehouse clubs and factory outlet centres); leisure, entertainment facilities; the more intensive sport and recreation uses (including cinemas, restaurants, drive-through restaurants, bars and pubs, night-clubs, casinos, health and fitness centres, indoor bowling centres, and bingo halls); offices; and arts, culture and tourism development (including theatres, museums, galleries and concert halls, hotels and conference facilities) |
| Mixed Use | Type of development that comprises of a mixture of land uses, or more than just a single use |
| National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) | National planning guidance issued by the Government, setting out policy guidance on different aspects of planning. Local Planning Authorities must take the content into account in preparing Local Plans and decision making |
| Neighbourhood Development Plan | Legal term for Neighbourhood Plan; see below |
| Neighbourhood Plan | A plan prepared by a Parish Council or Neighbourhood Forum for a particular neighbourhood area (made under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004) |
| Neighbourhood Plan Area | The land area covered by a Neighbourhood Plan |
| Open Space | All open space of public value, including not just land, but also areas of water (such as rivers, canals, lakes and reservoirs) which offer important opportunities for sport and recreation and can act as a visual amenity |
| Out of Centre | A location which is not in or on the edge of a centre but not necessarily outside the urban area |
| Out of Town | A location out of centre that is outside the existing urban area |
| Planning Obligation | A legally enforceable obligation entered into under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to mitigate the impacts of a development proposal |
| Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) | Guidance provided by the Government to support the NPPF and sets out more detailed practical guidance on the implementation of national policy |
| Previously Developed Land (PDL) | Land which is or was occupied by a permanent structure, including the curtilage of the developed land (although it should not be assumed that the whole of the curtilage should be developed) and any associated fixed surface infrastructure. This excludes land that is or has been occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings; land that has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill purposes where provision for restoration has been made through development control procedures; land in built-up areas such as private residential gardens, parks, recreation grounds and allotments; and land that was previously-developed but where the remains of the permanent structure or fixed surface structure have blended into the landscape in the process of time. |
| Primary Shopping Area | Defined area where retail development is concentrated (generally comprising the primary and those secondary frontages which are adjoining and closely related to the primary shopping frontage) |
| Primary and Secondary Frontages | Primary frontages are likely to include a high proportion of retail uses which may include food, drinks, clothing and household goods. Secondary frontages provide greater opportunities for a diversity of uses such as restaurants, cinemas and businesses |
| Ramsar Sites | Wetlands of international importance, designated under the 1971 Ramsar Convention |
| Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) | Sites designated by Natural England under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 |
| South West Maidenhead Strategic Placemaking Area (SWMPA) | Large area of land to the south west of Maidenhead railway station, extending from the railway line southwards to the M4 |
| South West Maidenhead Strategic Area (SWMSA) | Land defined in Policy QP1b and Policies Map comprising the allocated sites AL13, AL14 and AL15 |
| Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) | Areas given special protection under the European Union’s Habitats Directive, which is transposed into UK law by the Habitats and Conservation of Species Regulations 2010 |
| Special Protection Areas (SPA) | Areas which have been identified as being of international importance for the breeding, feeding, wintering or the migration of rare and vulnerable species of birds found within European Union countries. They are European designated sites, classified under the Birds Directive |
| Strategic Access Management and Monitoring (SAMM) | A project overseen by Natural England that implements monitoring, warden arrangements and public education messages across the Thames Basin Heaths SPA |
| Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) | The name given to green space of appropriate quantity and quality which is designated to provide mitigation for the potential impact of residential development on the Thames Basin Heaths SPA by providing recreational alternatives to visiting the SPA |
| Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) | Documents which add further detail to the policies in the Local Plan. They can be used to provide further guidance for development on specific sites, or on particular issues, such as design. Supplementary planning documents are capable of being a material consideration in planning decisions but are not part of the development plan. |
| Tall Building | A building of more than 1.5 times the context height of the surrounding area or a minimum of 4 storeys in a 2 storey area |
| Town Centre | Area including the primary shopping area and areas predominantly occupied by main town centre uses within or adjacent to the primary shopping area. References to town centres or centres apply to town centres, district centres and local centres but exclude small parades of shops of purely neighbourhood significance. Existing out of centre developments, comprising or including main town centre uses, do not constitute town centres |
| Unavoidable Adverse Impacts | The negative effects on natural resources that would arise from a development and remain after its completion, and which cannot be prevented |
| Visitor Attraction | A permanently established excursion destination, a primary purpose of which is to allow public access for entertainment, interest or education, rather than being a primary retail outlet or a venue for sporting, theatrical or film performance |
| Windfall sites | Sites which have not been specifically identified as available in the Local Plan process. These normally comprise previously developed sites that have become unexpectedly available |
| Woodland | Land under stands of trees with a canopy cover of at least 20% (or having the potential to achieve this), including integral open space, and including felled areas that are awaiting restocking. There is no minimum height for trees to form a woodland at maturity, so the definition includes woodland scrub but not areas outside woodland such as gorse and rhododendron |
Table 29 : Glossary
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