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Aston, Newtown and Lozells Area Action Plan

Conservation AreaAreas designated by the local planning authoritywhich are considered o special architectural orhistoric interest, the character or appearance owhich it wishes to preserve or enhance.

Convenience RetailThe provision o everyday essential goods,including ood and other grocery items.

Comparison RetailThe provision o items not obtained on a

requent basis, including clothing, ootwear,household and recreational goods.

CorridorArea linking two or more centres, normally

ocused around transport in rastructure.

DensityMeasure o the number o dwellings per hectare(ha).

Employment LandLand allocated in a Development Plan orbusiness (B1), industrial (B2) and storage/ distribution (B8) uses.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)Procedure and management techniquethat ensures that the likely e ects o newdevelopment on the environment are ullyappraised and taken into account be ore thedevelopment is allowed to go ahead.

Flood PlainLand adjacent to a watercourse over whichwater fows, or would fow but or de ences inplace, in times o food.

GatewayA gateway is an entrance into an area, normallyat key junctions and crossroads. Opportunitiesmay exist to improve the quality o these sitesby ensuring that high quality developmentis secured, or where no new developmentis proposed, gateways should be enhancedthrough high quality public realm improvements.

Advantage West Midlands (AWM)The Regional Development Agency or the WestMidlands.

A ordable HousingLow cost market housing and subsidisedhousing irrespective o tenure, ownership or

nancial arrangements, available to people whocannot a ord to rent or buy houses generallyavailable o the open market.

AllocationThe use assigned to a piece o land in a localDevelopment Plan.

Area Action Plan (AAP)A statutory land use plan which sets out theplanning policies and land use allocations

or a particular area and provides a planningramework or areas o signi cant change or

regeneration.

BiodiversityThe whole variety o li e encompassing allgenetic, species and ecosystem variations.

Black and Minority Ethnic Communities (BME)Black and Minority Ethnic Communities.

CentroThe executive arm o the West MidlandsPassenger Transport Authority.

CommitmentsLand that is the subject o an existing planningpermission and other projects or proposalswhere it is accepted will take place due to

nancial or other reasons.

Community StrategyStrategies or enhancing the quality o li eo the local community which each localauthority has a duty to prepare under the LocalGovernment Act 2000. They will be developedand implemented by a local strategic partnershipand should include: a long term vision; an actionplan; shared commitments to, and proposals

or, implementation; and arrangements ormonitoring and review.

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Local CentreA local or district centre includes shops,businesses and community acilities. They mayalso include some residential properties that liewithin the centre.

Local Transport Plan (LTP)Plan prepared by the Strategic PlanningAuthorities dealing with transport priorities andactions to be taken.

Listed BuildingBuilding or structure o historic or architecturalmerit which has protection under the planninglegislation.

Major Urban Areas (MUAs)The ocus o Urban Renaissance which willunderpin the Regional Spatial Strategy. Thereare 4 MUAs in the West Midlands: Birmingham;The Black Country; Coventry; and the NorthSta ordshire Conurbation.

Mixed-use DevelopmentA new development that makes provision ora variety o uses - e.g. residential, retail andbusiness. An example o this might be theMailbox in Birmingham.

O fce o the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)The Government Department with responsibility

or planning issues.

Opportunity SitesAreas o land, or derelict buildings, vacant orunderused land which have the potential to beused and redeveloped or alternative uses.

Park and RideLong stay parking areas at the edge o a built up

area linked by requent public transport links tothe city centre.

Planning Policy Guidance Note (PPG)Document prepared and issued by CentralGovernment setting out policy on di erentaspects o planning. Local authorities must taketheir content into account in the production odevelopment plans.

Planning Policy Statements (PPS)Documents prepared by the governmenta ter public consultation to explain statutoryprovisions and provide guidance to localauthorities and others on planning policy andthe operation o the planning system. PPS havereplaced PPGs.

Government O fce or the West Midlands(GOWM)Combined o ces o key GovernmentDepartments at the West Midlands level.

Greenfeld LandUndeveloped land.

Gross Retail Floor SpaceThe area ascertained by the total internalmeasurement o the foor space, including allareas allocated or storage.

Housing Market Renewal Area (HMRA)See Urban Living.

Housing RedevelopmentExisting Birmingham City Council housingstock that has been declared or demolition andclearance.

Housing RegenerationHouses, housing estates or residential towerblocks that or reasons o low demand, theirpoor layout, poor condition and surroundingenvironment do not provide adequate livingstandards or their owners or tenants. The

ollowing actions will be considered: improvingthe surrounding environment, improving thelayout o housing, remodelling, re urbishmentor improving the internal layout o housing,selective demolition and redevelopment withnew housing.

Hi-tech (or High Tech) IndustryAdvanced manu acturing, computing or otherstate o the art industry (e.g. biotechnology).

High Technology Corridors (HTCs)

Speci c corridors identi ed, within which clusterdevelopment closely related to the regionscritical research and development capabilitiesand advanced technologies, will be promoted.

Industrial RegenerationLand within these areas will be sa eguarded orpredominantly industrial uses. There is scope

or environmental improvement to encourageinward investment through measures suchas new sur acing, tree planting, so teningo boundaries or building enhancement or

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Site o Special Scientifc Interest (SSSI)Nationally important sites or wildli e or earthscience where proposed development must begiven special scrutiny.

Strategic Road NetworkThe highest level o the road network, madeup o trunk roads, Priority (Red) Routes anddesignated roads.

Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)A sequence o management practices andcontrol structures designed to drain sur acewater in a more sustainable ashion than someconventional techniques.

Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS)A strategy to provide a clear sense o direction

or the longer term spatial development othe Region, infuencing the uture investmentdecisions o all sectors, both public and private.

Sustainability Appraisal (SA)Appraisals o plans, strategies and proposalsto test them against the our broad objectivesset out in the Governments sustainabledevelopment strategy.

Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment that meets the needs o thepresent without compromising the ability o

uture generations to meet their own needs(Brundtland 1987).

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)European Directive 2001/42/EC, known as thestrategic environmental assessment or SEADirective, requires a ormal environmentalassessment o certain plans and programmes

which are likely to have signi cant e ects onthe environment. Authorities which prepareand/or adopt a plan or programme that issubject to the Directive must prepare a reporton its likely signi cant environmental e ects,consult environmental authorities and thepublic, and take the report and the results o theconsultation into account during the preparationprocess and be ore the plan or programme isadopted.

Unitary Development Plan

Plan prepared by Metropolitan District and someUnitary Local Authorities containing policiesequivalent to those in both a Structure Plan andLocal Plan.

Public Open Space (POS)Publicly accessible open land o recreational orpublic value, including parks, playing elds andlandscaped areas.

Regional Investment Site (RIS)High quality, regionally identi ed sites o25-50ha attractive to external investmentdesigned to support the diversi cation andmodernisation o the regional economyespecially in relation to the Regions clusterpriorities.

Radburn HousingA type o housing rom the 1960/70s withremote parking areas, networks o pedestrianaccess to houses, open plan gardens and rontgardens o ten acing back gardens.

Retail UsesShops (A1), Pro essional and Financial Services(A2), Restaurants and Ca es (A3), DrinkingEstablishments (A4) and Hot Food Takeaways(A5).

Section 106 Agreement (= planningobligation) (S106)Planning obligations are private agreements,negotiated in the context o planningapplications, between local planning authoritiesand persons with an interest in a piece o landand intended to make acceptable developmentwhich would otherwise be unacceptable inplanning terms.

Sequential ApproachA search sequence derived rom PPGs 3 and 11designed to guide the allocation and release oland or housing purposes to encourage the useo PDL and sustainable locations.

Single Regeneration Budget (SRB)A Government- unded regeneration programme

or the area that nished in 2007 providingassistance or a wide range o business andenvironmental projects.

Site o Local Importance or NatureConservationA Site o Local Importance or NatureConservation is one, which is or may be,

o particular value to nearby residents orschools. Some o these sites may already beused by schools or nature study. Local sitesare particularly important in areas otherwisede cient in wildli e sites.


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Urban BoulevardThe concept o Urban Boulevards along theA34 and A5127 consists o creating a higherquality public realm, tree planting, new highquality landmark developments and attractiveopen spaces along these corridors. It seeksto establish a pedestrian riendly environmentlinking areas o open space and enabling higherdensity/mixed-use development at key locationswhilst ensuring that the existing highwaycapacity is maintained.

Urban Living (UL)One o nine nationally designated HousingMarket Renewal Area Path nders. Urban Livingcovers part o north west Birmingham andSandwell.

Use Classes Order (UCO)Existing classi cation o land use by economicactivity.