| Affordable Housing |
| Housing available to those whose income generally denies them
the opportunity to purchase or rent houses on the open market.
Can refer to dwellings for rent or for owner occupation (wholly
owned or shared ownership). |
| Agricultural Land Quality |
| Graded into 5 categories by the Farming and Rural Conservation
Agency. The best and most versatile land is graded 1, 2 and
3a. |
| Allocation |
| Land identified in the Local Plan for a specific use. |
| Ancient Monument |
| Designated by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and
Sport as being of national importance by virtue of its historic,
architectural, traditional or archaeological interest. Scheduled
Ancient Monuments are listed in a schedule compiled under the
requirements of section 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological
Areas Act, 1979. |
| Ancient Woodland |
| An area of woodland which is believed to have originated before
1600 AD. |
| Ancillary Use |
| A use which is secondary to, but associated with, the main
use of the site. |
| Article 4 directions |
| Means by which the Council can remove permitted development
rights, such as for minor extensions to houses. This might be
done to preserve the special character or amenity of a small
area. Confirmation of an Article 4 direction is required from
the Secretary of State for the Environment. |
| Biodiversity |
| The range of life forms which constitute the living world,
and the habitats and ecosystems within which they exist. |
| Brownfield Sites |
| Term often used to describe sites which have been previously
developed. |
| Built Environment |
| The built up areas of the borough. |
| Bulky Goods Retailing |
| The sale of large goods which the customer would not normally
be expected to take away without assistance from vehicular transport.
Associated with items such as carpets, DIY goods and large electrical
goods. |
| Census of Population |
| A survey of the entire population of the United Kingdom, undertaken
on a 10 yearly basis. |
| Change of Use (See also Conversion) |
| The 'Use Classes Order' categorises land uses into 13 classes.
A change of use occurs when the use of land or premises changes
from one class to another (e.g. shop to residential). |
| Circular |
| A government publication providing guidance on specific issues.
Identified by number and year of publication. |
| Commitment |
| Land with an unexpired planning permission. |
| Community Strategy |
| The Gedling Community Plan 2003-2008 was prepared during 2003
by the Gedling Partnership (Local Strategic Partnership) to
highlight the key issues for the people of the Borough and sets
out the challenges in dealing with these over an initial 5 year
period. |
| Commuted Sum |
| Payment made in lieu of providing services or facilities. |
| Comparison goods |
| Goods purchased for longer-term use. Includes clothing, household
goods, books, jewellery, furniture, etc. (See also convenience
goods). |
| Conservation Areas |
| Areas designated by a Local Planning Authority under Section
69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas)
Act, 1990, regarded as being an area of special architectural
or historic interest, the character or appearance of which is
desirable to preserve or enhance. |
| Convenience Goods |
| A term used in retailing to indicate goods purchased for regular
consumption. Includes food, groceries, drink, confectionery,
tobacco and newsprint. |
| Conversion (See also Change of Use) |
| Where a change takes place within a use class. For example
converting a house to flats. (For clarification purposes the
term Barn Conversion is a Change of Use for planning purposes). |
| Density |
| The intensity of development within a given area. Usually
measured for housing in terms of the number of dwellings per
hectare. Net residential density is measured as the number of
dwelling units per hectare of land developed specifically for
housing and directly associated uses. This includes access roads
within the site, private garden space, car parking and incidental
open space/landscaping. |
| Derelict Land |
| There is no statutory definition of derelict land, but it
is defined administratively as "land so damaged by industrial
or other development that it is incapable of beneficial use
without treatment". |
| Development |
| Defined in Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act
1990 as: "The carrying out of building, engineering, mining
or other operations in, on, over or under land, or the making
of any material change in the use of any buildings or other
land". |
| Development Briefs |
| Documents, which provide more detailed guidance, to ensure
that sites are, developed in a way which achieves the planning
objectives of the Council. |
| District Centres |
| Shopping Centres which provide a range of other complementary
services. (Defined as Town Centres in PPS6, Annex A). They are
Arnold, Carlton Square, Mapperley Plains and Netherfield. |
| Edge of centre |
| Within easy walking distance of an existing centre. |
| Green Belt |
| An area of land surrounding a city in which development is
only permitted in certain special circumstances. Green belts
are defined as having five distinct purposes:- |
| 1. To check the unrestricted sprawl of large built up areas; |
| 2. To assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment; |
| 3. To prevent neighbouring towns from merging into one another; |
| 4. To preserve the setting and special character of historic
towns; and |
| 5. To assist urban regeneration by encouraging recycling of
derelict and other urban land. |
| Greenfield Sites |
| Sites not previously developed, or which blend in with the
landscape, such as parks and agricultural land. |
| Greenwood Community Forest |
| Launched in Nottinghamshire in November 1991 with a view to
establishing, over a 30-50 year period, large areas of woodland
and forest planting within an area of approximately 170 square
miles. The majority of Gedling Borough is included within this
area. |
| Hectare |
| An area of 10,000 square metres or 2.471 acres. |
| Infill Site |
| An area which can accommodate one or two dwellings within
a small gap with a built up frontage. |
| Listed Buildings |
| Buildings or structures of special architectural or historic
interest and included in a list, approved by the Secretary of
State, giving details for each building/structure. They are
protected from unauthorised demolition. Listed building consent
is required for any proposals for alteration or extension of
a listed building in a manner which would affect its character
as a building of special architectural or historic interest. |
| Local Agenda 21 |
| A process to develop a local programme of action for sustainable
development. |
| Local Development Scheme (LDS) |
| Document prepared by the Borough Council to explain how and
when the Council will prepare new style development plans and
other documents, which together will form a ‘Local Development
Framework’, one of many changes to the planning system introduced
under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The new
development plans will eventually replace existing Local Plans.
The Borough Council’s LDS was approved on 12 April 2005. |
| Local Nature Reserve (L.N.R) |
| Established by a local authority under the powers of the National
Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. Gedling House
Woods and the Linby Trail are currently the only two in the
Borough. |
| Local Plan Inquiry |
| Held before an Inspector appointed by the DTLR to consider
formal objections to the Local Plan following the 2nd Stage
Deposit Draft. |
| Local Transport Plan (L.T.P) |
| The LTP is a strategic document setting out the objectives,
strategy, policies and a detailed programme for integrated transport
over a five year period, initially 2001/2 – 2005/6. Local highways
authorities take the lead in producing local transport plans;
the Greater Nottingham LTP, which covers Gedling, is jointly
produced by Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County
Council, with contributing statements from other District councils.
The allocation of resources for local transport capital expenditure
is based on the LTP and Annual Progress Reports. |
| Local Shopping Centres |
| The role of the local shopping centre, either within smaller
settlements or in the Urban Area is important in meeting the
needs of local communities and in particular those who are less
mobile. Local centres are located at Carlton Hill, Gedling and
Ravenshead. |
| Materially larger |
| For the purposes of replacement dwellings any development
which has a proposed floorspace which is more than 15% over
that of the original will be considered as being materially
larger. |
| Mature Landscape Areas |
| Areas identified by Nottinghamshire County Council as being
of landscape importance on the basis that they represent those
areas least affected by intensive arable production, mineral
extraction, commercial forestry, housing, industry, roads etc. |
| Mineral Local Plan |
| Sets out the policy framework for dealing with future proposals
for mineral extraction prepared by Nottinghamshire County Council
as Minerals Planning Authority and adopted in November 1997.
The Replacement Minerals Local Plan was placed on deposit in
May 2002; the subsequent Inquiry took place from April – July
2004. |
| National Playing Fields Association (NPFA) |
| An independent national charity which advises on the space
standards, design, layout and safety of playing fields and other
playing space. |
| Nottingham Express Transit (NET) |
| The light rail system for Greater Nottingham. Line One (opened
March 2004), runs from Nottingham Railway Station to Hucknall
with a spur line running to Phoenix Park. An extension from
Hucknall to Top Wighay Farm is proposed in this Replacement
Local Plan. |
| Nottinghamshire Structure Plan Review |
| Adopted by the County Council in November 1996 it replaces
the 1991 Structure Plan, and provides the strategic guidance
for land requirements to 2011. |
| Operational Parking |
| Parking for vehicles that need to be used as part of the operation
of a business, e.g. delivery vehicles. |
| Outline Planning Permission |
| Confirms the principle of developing land for given land use
(Valid three years). |
| Park and Ride |
| System where private motorists are encouraged to leave their
car at an out of centre public car park and travel the rest
of the way to their destination by public transport. |
| Permitted Development |
| Types of development for which planning permission is "deemed
to have been granted", and therefore requires no application. |
| Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPGs) |
| Guidance issued by the Department for Transport Local Government
and the Regions or Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on a
range of planning issues. Must be taken into account preparing
the Statutory Local Plan. |
| Planning Policy Statements |
| Statement of central government planning policy issued by
the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister since the 2004 Planning
Act came into force (September 2004). These will eventually
supersede all remaining PPGs, as these are phased out. |
| Public Transport Corridor |
| The Nottinghamshire Structure Plan (1996) defines four public
transport corridors in South Nottinghamshire. The only corridor
affecting Gedling is the Nottingham to Hucknall corridor. The
extent of the corridor is defined as within 1 km of stations
on the Robin Hood rail-line or proposed stops of the NET. The
distance is measured by the shortest available route for pedestrians
or cyclists. Further detail is provided in the I.T.P.S. |
| Proposals Map |
| The map/s which show the proposals of the Written Statement.
In the event of any variation between the Proposals Map and
the Written Statement, the Written Statement takes precedence. |
| Regional Spatial Strategies |
| The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (with PPS11)
have replaced Regional Planning Guidance Notes (RPGs) with statutory
Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS), for eight English Regions
outside London set out in Schedule 1, Regional Development Agencies
Act 1998. The emerging Regional Spatial Strategy for the East
Midlands (RSS 8) March 2005 will eventually form the statutory
RSS covering Gedling Borough. |
| Safeguarded Land |
| Land that is removed from the Green Belt, but not proposed
for allocation until after a future comprehensive sub-regional
study has been completed which must assess all of the Nottinghamshire/
Derbyshire Green Belt. |
| Sites of Importance For Nature Conservation
(SINC) |
| Sites of local importance for nature conservation or geology
as identified by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Audit Steering
Group. |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest |
| Designation under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Interest
Countryside Act, 1981, of an area of land of special interest
due to its flora, fauna, geological or physical features. |
| Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) |
| Development Plan documents, which provide detail on specific
policy issues. They also include development briefs; these will
eventually form part of the new Development Plan under the 2004
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act. |
| Sustainable Development |
| The most commonly used definition from the 1987 UN ‘Brundtland’
Report is, “development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs”. |
| Transport Assessments |
| Submitted to the Council with planning applications for major
developments, to illustrate the likely modal split of journeys
to and from a site together with details of proposed measures
to improve access by public transport, walking and cycling to
support the modal split assumptions. After taking into account
the modal share assumption, the Transport Assessment must include
an assessment of the residual traffic impacts and the nature
of any off site highway infrastructure improvements necessary
to mitigate these impacts. |
