Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following Table provides a list of abbreviations and acronyms used within the Replacement Unitary Development Plan in order to inform readers.

Table 5.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronym Or Abbreviation

Meaning

AAT Area Around Todmorden
AERC Applied Environmental Research Centre
AMP Asset Management Plan (for schools)
AMR Annual Monitoring Report
ANG Accessible Natural Greenspace
AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
APTR All Purpose Trunk Road
AQMA Air Quality Management Area
BAP Bio-Diversity Action Plan
BGS British Geological Survey
BMW Biodegradable Municipal Waste
BS British Standard
CABE Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CE Church of England
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CROW Countryside and Rights of Way
DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DETR Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions
DfES Department for Education and Skills
DfT Department for Transport
DPH / dph Dwellings per Hectare
DTI Department for Trade and Industry
DTLR Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
EA Environment Agency
EA Environmental Assessment (EIA)
EDP Education Development Plan
EEC European Economic Community
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
ETSU Energy Technology Support Unit
EU European Union
GF Greenfield
GOYH Government Office for Yorkshire & the Humber
GPDO General Permitted Development Order (1995)
HA Highways Agency
HBOS Halifax Bank of Scotland
HEAN Heritage Education and Access Network
HER Historic Environment Record
HM Her Majesty
HMO Houses in Multiple Occupation
HMSO Her Majesty's Stationery Office
HSE Health and Safety Executive
ICNIRP International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
IDO Interim Development Order
J & I Junior and Infants School
J, I & N Junior, Infants and Nursery School
Kv Kilo volt
LATS Landfill Allowance Trading Sceme
LBA Leeds / Bradford International Airport
LDD Local Development Document
LDF Local Development Framework
LTP Local Transport Plan
LNR Local Nature Reserve
LPA Local Planning Authority
METRO The trading name of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
MPG Minerals Planning Guidance
MPS Minerals Policy Statement
MBC Metropolitan Borough Council
MU Mixed-Use
Mw Mega Watts
NNR National Nature Reserve
NPFA National Playing Fields Association
NRPB National Radiological Protection Board
ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
PDL / pdl Previously Developed Land
PEA Primary Employment Area
PFI Private Finance Initiative
PHA Primary Housing Area
PPG Planning Policy Guidance
PPS Planning Policy Statement
PRoW Public Right of Way
PTA Passenger Transport Authority
PV Photovoltaic
RCHME Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
RF Radio- Frequency
RIGS Regionally Important Geological Sites
ROW Right of Way
RPG Regional Planning Guidance
RSS Regional Spatial Strategy
RTAB Regional Technical Advisory Board
RTS Regional Transport Study
SAC Special Area of Conservation
SCOSPA Standing Conference of South Pennine Authorities
SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
SEGI Site of Ecological and/or Geological Interest
SLA Special Landscape Area
SOP School Organisation Plan
SPA Special Protection Area
SPD Supplementary Planning Document
SoE Statement of Environment
SRB Single Regeneration Budget
StOP Statement of Priorities (for school capital expenditure)
SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
SUDS Sustainable Drainage System
TA Transport Assessment
TPO Tree Preservation Order
UCS Urban Capacity Study
UDP Unitary Development Plan
UK United Kingdom
uPVC Unplasticized Polyvinyl chloride
VC Voluntarily Controlled School
WIP Waste Implementation Plan
WYAAS West Yorkshire Archaeological Advisory Service
WYLTP West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan
WYPTA West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority
WYPTE West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (METRO)
WYRCS West Yorkshire Retail Capacity Study (1999)

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