Glossary

Glossary of terms - underlined items include external links. 
Note the Parish Council is not responsible for the content of external sites

 

2011 Census Ward Profile    Shows the demographic profile of P&SB Parish 2011
2021 Census Ward Profile    Shows the demographic profile of P&SB Parish 2021

2021 Census Data Filtered for Pilning and Severn Beach Parish   Shows the demographic profile and pie charts of 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 leveling up     Supports communities across the UK to thrive, making them great places to live and work. Their work includes investing in local areas to drive growth and create jobs, delivering the homes our country needs, supporting our community and faith groups, and overseeing local government, planning and building safety.

DLP Consultants - Planning Research Unit The Older Persons Housing Needs Model
EA    Environment Agency
EIA    Environment Impact Assessment

Flood Risk    Flood risk is a combination of the probability (likelihood or chance) of an event happening and the consequences (impact) if it occurred
FRA    Flood Risk Assessment
GIS    Geographic Information System
HELAA    Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment
HNA    Housing Needs Assessment
HRA    Habitats Regulation Assessment
LEP    Local Enterprise Partnership
Local Plan    This acts as a broader framework for development and land use within a local authority area

Localism Act    This Act seeks to give effect to the Government's ambitions to decentralise power away from Whitehall and back into the hands of local councils, communities and individuals to act on local priorities.
Locality    Is the national membership network supporting local community organisations to be strong and successful. They believe in the power of community to transform lives and create a fairer society. Locality

provides specialist advice, peer-learning, resources and campaigns to help every community thrive
Made    Means it has been formally adopted and legally comes into effect becoming 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   Shows a Census summary for the Parish
Policy Hook    refers to a specific aspect or element of a planning policy that an applicant or developer can utilize to justify their development proposal or to connect it with existing planning strategies.
PPG    Planning Practice Guidance
PS    Public Survey
PSP    Policies Sites and Places
Ramsar    Wetlands of international importance (ask Gary)

Regulation 123    This allows for up to 5 separate S106 agreements (signed on or post 6th April 2010) for the funding or provision of an infrastructure project or type of infrastructure as an alternative to the CIL
SEA    Strategic Environment Assessment

Section 106    A section 106 agreement is an agreement between a developer and a local planning authority about measures that the developer must take to reduce their impact on the community. A section 106 agreement is designed to make a development possible that would otherwise not be possible, by obtaining concessions and contributions from the developer.

Sequential Test    The purpose of the Sequential test is to guide development to areas at lowest risk of flooding, by requiring applicants to demonstrate that there are no alternative lower risk sites available where the development could take place.

SevernNet    SevernNet is a social enterprise run by and for the businesses, community and other stakeholders across the SevernNet Area (Royal Portbury Dock, Avonmouth, Severnside, Western Approach).
SevernNet Transport Strategy    Information to come

SFRA    Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
SGC    South Gloucestershire Council

SGC Core Strategy    This sets out a vision for future development in South Gloucestershire to 2027. It covers the general location, type and scale of development as well as protecting what is valued about the area.  

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    This will include a new strategy and policies to guide and manage growth and change in the South Gloucestershire area over at least the next 15 years.
SGC Policies, Sites & Places Plan    This forms part of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan, together with the Core Strategy and Joint Waste Core Strategy.  All of these documents are used by the council when assessing planning applications.

Strategic Infrastructure-led Master Plan for Severnside    The final masterplan sets out a locally informed vision to help shape the future of Severnside in the medium and long term, up to 2050. It builds on all of the different strengths that the area has. The masterplan takes into account the: character of existing coastal villages and rural communities.
SHELAA    Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment
SIMPS    Strategic Infrastructure-led Master Plan for Severnside

​​​​

​