Appendix 4

Accessibility

A measure of the ease with which somebody can travel to or from a particular destination.

Action Plans

Detailed document relating specifically to a particular area, which provides a framework for achieving the aims and objectives, a list of key issues, a schedule of the sites and proposals and a section on timetabling and the phasing of development.

Affordable Housing

Housing that is provided, with subsidy, both for rent and low cost market housing, for people who are unable to resolve their housing requirements in the general housing market because of the relationship between local housing costs and incomes. The types of affordable housing which comply with this definition are: units for rent from a Registered Social Landlord (RSL); shared ownership with grant; shared equity where land value is retained to provide housing for sale at below market levels and where this discount can be maintained; and discounted market rented housing. Subsidy includes not only public funding, but also the provision of serviced land by developers for free or at a discount.

Adversely affect

A negative impact on the built or natural environment as a result of development.

Allocation

A site identified in a Local Plan as appropriate for a specific land use(s) in advance of any planning permission.

Amenity

Defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as “pleasantness” which in turn is what is “agreeable to mind, feelings or senses”.

Archaeological

Historical remains, structures, sites and artefacts which are finite and

Resource

non-renewable resource.

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

An area designated by the Countryside Agency for its particularly attractive landscape and unspoilt character, which should be protected and enhanced as part of the national heritage. In the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane, this consists of the North Wessex Downs AONB which was designated in 1972.

Basingstoke Environmental Transport (BEST)

A document jointly prepared by the Borough Council with the County Council to provide a framework to address the future Strategy for travel requirements of people in Basingstoke and the surrounding area in a sustainable way.

Biodiversity Action Plan

A framework for partnership working on a national, county and borough level, to conserve and enhance threatened species and habitats.

Brownfield Site

See ‘previously developed land’. Clusters Businesses locating together to create a critical mass for growth, collaboration, competition and opportunities for investment.

Commitments

The number of planning permissions and site allocations for a particular use in the Local Plan but which have not yet been completed.

Community Strategy

Document prepared by the Local Strategic Partnership with the aim of creating a Borough where people want to live and work. This document sets out the overall principles involved in providing such an environment, while the Local Plan adds the necessary land use and infrastructure.

Completions

The number of units which have been approved and constructed.

Conservation Area

An area designated as being of special architectural or historic interest. Within a Conservation Area there are strengthened controls over demolition, minor development and the protection of trees. Local planning authorities have a duty to preserve and enhance Conservation Areas.

Design Statement

A document submitted to accompany planning applications which sets out how the proposed development will fit in and improve the local environment and how it will overcome any limitations of the site.

Development

The carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, or under the land, or the making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land.

Development Brief

A document related to a specific development site, which sets out the key characteristics of a site and what the Council is seeking in terms of developing the site. It outlines aspirations in terms of land-use, design, accessibility and the provision of recreation land and open spaces, amongst other things. It is drawn up in consultation with members of the public, local interest groups, service providers and the landowner.

Development Plan

Documents which set out local planning authorities’ policies and proposals for the development and use of land within their areas. In the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane, the Development Plan comprises the Local Plan, the Hampshire County Structure Plan, the Minerals Local Plan and the Waste Local Plan.

District Centre

As defined by PPS6, 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 facilities such as a library.

E-Commerce

Business conducted electronically, particularly over the Internet.

Edge of Centre

For retail purposes, a location that is well connected to, and within, easy walking distance (i.e. up to 300 metres) of the main shopping area.

For other main town centre uses, this is likely to be within 300 metres of a town centre boundary.

Enterprise Hubs

Business led networks which provide new and established firms with better access to knowledge.

General Permitted Development Order

Subordinate legislation which grants planning permission for minor works and changes of use without the need to make an application to the Local Planning Authority.

Greenfield Land

Land that has not been ‘previously developed’.

Habitat

Place where an organism or a community of organisms live, including all living and non-living factors and conditions of the surrounding environment.

Infrastructure

The system of highways, communications and utility services required to serve developments.

Key Worker

Employees in essential, universally accessible public and private services, without whom those services would operate at below optimal levels, whose income is insufficient to allow them to access reasonable accommodation in the private market, but do not qualify to receive priority assistance through the relevant housing legislation.

Landscape Character Assessment

An assessment by the Borough Council to identify particular types of landscapes which is used to ensure that any development takes into account local circumstances.

Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)

A partnership between the Borough Council and other key local organisations and service providers, such as the local Police force to prepare a Community Strategy.

Listed Building

A building of special historic or architectural interest or of close historical association with nationally important people or events or of group value (e.g. in a square or terrace) included at Grades I, II* or II in a statutory list compiled or approved by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Local Centre

Small grouping of shops, usually comprising a newsagent, a general grocery store, a sub-post office and occasionally a pharmacy, a hairdresser and other small shops of a local nature. Other facilities could include a hot-food takeaway and launderette.

Local Development Framework (LDF)

The Local Development Framework is as set of local development documents which collectively deliver the spatial planning strategy for the local planning authority’s area. This will include development plan documents, that are part of the statutory development plan and supplementary planning documents, which expand policies set out in a development plan document or provide additional detail.

Local Development Scheme (LDS)

A public statement of the local planning authority’s programme for the production of local development documents. This sets out the complete timelines for production, from evidence base developments to adoption, whose preparation commences within the first three years of the document.

Local Nature Reserve

A non-stauatory local nature site often owned by the local authority, providing habitats for many species of plants and animals.

Local Plan

A plan which sets out detailed policies and specific proposals for the development and use of land, used in determining planning applications. A detailed land-use plan for a local area or specific topic concerned with the detailed imsplementation of the policies of a Structure Plan.

Major Development

Major developments are generally considered to be those developments of 10 dwellings or more, or, for industrial, office, retail, storage and other similar uses, developments with a floorspace of 1000sq m or more site area of more than 0.5 hectares.

Mixed Uses

Integration of uses into an area, reducing the need to travel and making places more attractive through activity.

Out of Centre

A location which is not in or on the edge of a centre but not necessarily outside the urban area.

Parish Plan

A Parish Plan is a document prepared by the local community to establish how the village or town should be. This may address issues such as housing, bus services, local parks and gardens and support for local businesses.

Planning for Real

A community consultation exercise in which people can become actively involved in the planning of new development opportunities in their local area. Advice is provided by specialists such as planners, urban designers etc.

Planning Policy Guidance (PPG)

A series of notes issued by the Government, setting out policy guidance on different aspects of planning. Local planning authorities must take their content into account in preparing their Development Plans. Planning Policy Statements are replacing, overtime, the Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPGs)

Planning Policy Statement (PPS)

Planning Policy Statements set out the Government’s national policies on different aspects of planning. The policies complement, but will not overrule other national planning policies and should be read in conjunction with other relevant national planning policy.

Previously

As defined by PPG3, previously-developed land is that which Developed Land is or was occupied by a permanent structure (excluding agricultural or forestry buildings), and associated fixed surface infrastructure. The definition covers the curtilage of the development. Previously developed land may occur in both built-up areas and rural settings. The definition includes defence buildings and land used for mineral extraction and waste disposal where provision for restoration has not been made through development control procedures.

The definition excludes land and buildings that are currently in use for agricultural or forestry purposes, and land in built-up areas which has not been developed previously (e.g. parks, recreation grounds and allotments – even though these areas may contain certain urban features such as paths, pavilions and other buildings). Also excluded is land that was previously developed but where the remains of any structure or activity have blended into the landscape in the process of time (to the extent that it can reasonably be considered as part of the natural surroundings), or has subsequently been put to an amenity use and cannot be regarded as requiring redevelopment.

Proposals Map

A map of the Borough showing the Plan’s proposals and where policies apply.

Regeneration

Regeneration is the holistic process of reversing economic, social and physical decline in an area. It involves the Council working with many partners including local communities, housing associations, the Police, schools and the County Council.

Regional Planning Guidance (RPG)

Guidance which is approved by Government which gives a regional framework for the preparation of local authority development plans. The other purpose of the guidance is to provide the spatial framework for other strategies and programmes.

Regional Spatial South East Plan

Strategic regional planning framework. In the South East this is the Strategy and is due to be adopted in 2008. On adoption it will replace the Regional Planning Guidance for the South East amd the County Structure Plans

Rural Diversification

The development and creation of different forms of economic activity in rural areas.

Rural Strategy

Borough Council policy which sets out a framework for addressing the most pressing issues affecting the rural area in a co-ordinated and effective way, including various actions based upon Transport, Society, Economy and the Environment.

Scheduled Ancient Monument

Archaeological remains of national importance entered into a schedule compiled by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Area Act 1979.

Section 106 Planning Obligation

A legal agreement, under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, between a local authority and a landowner, to regulate the development or use of land in a way that cannot effectively be controlled by planning conditions. This may be used to secure benefits or financial contributions, such as for the provision of community facilities, play space or transport related improvements.

Sequential Approach

A systematic approach for deciding which sites and areas are most suitable for particular types of development and the sequence in which it should take place which contributes to sustainability. This is defined in greater detail in PPS6, paragraph 2.44.

Settlement Policy Boundary

Boundary surrounding a settlement which separates the main built-up area from the open countryside. In general there is a presumption in favour of development within the Settlement Policy Boundary whereas in the open countryside, development is more tightly controlled.

Site of Importance to Nature Conservation (SINCs)

Sites within the Borough, which are identified by Hampshire County Council, that are of particular importance for nature conservation, containing habitats or features which are effectively irreplaceable (excluding statutorily designated sites).

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

Areas notified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, by English Nature. They are biological or geological sites considered to to be of national importance for nature conservation.

South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

Lead body at the regional level, promoting wealth creation and social inclusion whilst protecting and enhancing the region’s environmental heritage. Responsible for implementing the Regional Economic Strategy for South East England.

South East England Regional Assembley (SEERA)

Regional body with responsibility for regional planning, for regional planning, for representing regional interests to central government and as the regional chamber to which SEEDA is accountable.

South East Plan

See Regional Spatial Strategy

Stepping Stone

An ecologically suitable patch or landscape feature where an animal temporarily stops while moving along a varied route.

Structure Plan

A development plan which sets out the key strategic policies and provides a framework for local plans. The current Structure Plan is the Hampshire County Structure Plan 1996 – 2011 (Review) September 2000, which is jointly produced by Hampshire County Council and Southampton City and Portsmouth City Councils.

Sub-region

Part of a regiona where there exists common characteristics and issues, which have been established to allow greater co-operation and cross-boundary working. Part of the Borough is included within the Western Corridor and Blackwater Valley sub-region which stretches from West London towards Swindon including Basingstoke in the south and High Wycombe in the north.

Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)

Non-statutory guidance on specific or sensitive planning issues which adds detail to policies in the Local Plan, and which has been the subject of public consultation.

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD)

Part of the portfolio of documents to be included in the LDF. SPD is the new form of supplementary planning guidance.

Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)

On site solutions to reduce surface water run-off and provide alternative foul water treatment.

Sustainable Development

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Sustainable Location

A location which, for new housing, is easily accessible to employment, education, retail, community and other facilities by a choice of attractive means of transport other than the private car. For other uses the primary consideration will be that the site itself is easily accessible by a choice of attractive means of transport other than the private car.

Urban Capacity Study

A study to identify the potential for locating new development within the urban areas of the Borough.

Urban Design

The art of protecting, improving and making new places for people. This includes the way that places work, and matters such as community safety, as well as how they look.

Use Classes Order

Subordinate legislation which prescribes groups of land uses within which changes of use are not considered as development. Activities changing from one class to another generally require planning permission.

Village Design Statement

An advisory document, usually produced by local communities, suggesting how development might be carried out in harmony with the village and its setting.

Windfall Sites

Sites not identified in the Local Plan for any particular use which become available for development during the Plan period. Normally consists of infill sites, disused land or sites currently in another use which become available.