Glossary
Glossary of terms
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- 2011 Census Ward Profile
- Shows the demographic profile of Pilning & Severn Beach (P&SB) Parish (2011).
- 2021 Census Ward Profile
- Shows the demographic profile of P&SB Parish (2021).
- 2021 Census Data filtered for Pilning & Severn Beach Parish
- Demographic profile and pie charts for P&SB Parish (2021).
- AECOM
- Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations and Management.
- ACV
- Assets of Community Value.
- ASEA
- Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area.
- BGOS
- Business Group & Organisation Survey.
- CIL
- Community Infrastructure Levy.
- CS
- Core Strategy.
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
- Supports communities across the UK (local growth, housing, local government, planning and building safety).
- DLP Consultants – Planning Research Unit
- The Older Persons Housing Needs Model.
- EA
- Environment Agency.
- EIA
- Environmental Impact Assessment.
- Flood Risk
- Combination of the probability of flooding and the consequences if it occurs.
- FRA
- Flood Risk Assessment.
- GIS
- Geographic Information System.
- HELAA
- Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment.
- HNA
- Housing Needs Assessment.
- HRA
- Habitats Regulations Assessment.
- LEP
- Local Enterprise Partnership.
- Local Plan
- Framework for development and land use within a local authority area.
- Localism Act
- Decentralises power to councils, communities and individuals to act on local priorities.
- Locality
- National network supporting community organisations with advice, resources and peer learning.
- Made
- Formally adopted; comes into legal effect as part of the local authority’s development plan.
- NA
- Neighbourhood Area.
- NDP
- Neighbourhood Development Plan.
- NP
- Neighbourhood Plan.
- NPPF
- National Planning Policy Framework.
- NPPG
- National Planning Practice Guidance.
- NPSG
- Neighbourhood Planning Steering Group.
- P&SB
- Pilning & Severn Beach.
- P&SBNADR
- Pilning & Severn Beach Neighbourhood Area Designation Report.
- P&SBNDP
- Pilning & Severn Beach Neighbourhood Development Plan.
- P&SBNP
- Pilning & Severn Beach Neighbourhood Plan.
- P&SBNPSG
- Pilning & Severn Beach Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group.
- P&SBPC
- Pilning & Severn Beach Parish Council.
- Pilning & Severn Beach Population Information
- Census summary for the Parish.
- Policy Hook
- Specific aspect of a planning policy used to justify or align a development proposal.
- PPG
- Planning Practice Guidance.
- PS
- Public Survey.
- PSP
- Policies, Sites and Places.
- Ramsar
- Wetlands of international importance.
- Regulation 123
- Allows up to five separate Section 106 agreements (from 6 April 2010) for funding/providing infrastructure as an alternative to CIL.
- SEA
- Strategic Environmental Assessment.
- Section 106
- Agreement between developer and local planning authority to mitigate development impacts via contributions/obligations.
- Sequential Test
- Guides development to areas at lowest flood risk by showing no suitable lower-risk alternative sites exist.
- SevernNet
- Social enterprise for businesses, communities and stakeholders across the SevernNet area.
- SevernNet Transport Strategy
- Information to come.
- SFRA
- Strategic Flood Risk Assessment.
- SGC
- South Gloucestershire Council.
- SGC Core Strategy
- Vision for development in South Gloucestershire to 2027 (location, type and scale; protection of valued assets).
- SGC Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1
- Strategic Flood Risk Assessment – Level 1.
- SGC Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2
- Strategic Flood Risk Assessment – information to come.
- SGC Local Plan
- New strategy and policies to guide/manage growth and change over the next 15+ years.
- SGC Policies, Sites & Places Plan
- Part of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan alongside the Core Strategy and Joint Waste Core Strategy; used in assessing planning applications.
- Strategic Infrastructure-led Master Plan for Severnside
- Locally informed vision to shape Severnside to 2050, considering strengths and the character of coastal villages and rural communities.
- SHELAA
- Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment.
- SIMPS
- Strategic Infrastructure-led Master Plan for Severnside.

