LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ALP Adopted Local Plan
AQMA Air Quality Management Area
ARDP Approved Review to the County Development Plan
BAP Biodiversity Action Plan
BCMS Brentwood Countryside Management Service
db Decibels
Dept. Department
DETR Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
DEFRA Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DTLR Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
EA Environment Agency
ECC Essex County Council
EHCR Essex Heritage Conservation Record
EPOA Essex Planning Officers Association
ES Environmental Statement
EWT Essex Wildlife Trust
ft. Foot (length)
GO-East Government Office for the Eastern Region
GP General Practitioner
GPDO General Permitted Development Order
ha. Hectares
HSE Health and Safety Executive
JSPAs Joint Structure Plan Authorities
LAP Local Area of Play
LDD Local Development Document
LDF Local Development Framework
LEAP Local Equipped Area of Play
LNR Local Nature Reserve
LOIS London to Ipswich Multi Modal Study
LPA Local Planning Authority
LTP Local Transport Plan
m. Metre
mm. Millimetre
MGB Metropolitan Green Belt
NEAP Neighbourhood Equipped Area of Play
NPFA National Playing Fields Association
ORBIT The M25 London Orbital Transport Study
PPG Planning Policy Guidance Note
PPS Planning Policy Statement
ROSE Rest of the South East
RPG Regional Planning Guidance
RSL Registered Social Landlord
RSP Replacement Structure Plan
RSS Regional Spatial Strategy
Sect. 106 Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act1990
SHG Social Housing Grant
SPG Supplementary Planning Guidance
sq.m Square Metres
SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
SuDS Sustainable Drainage System
TIA Traffic Impact Assessment
TPP Transport Policies and Programmes
TPO Tree Preservation Order
UDP Unitary Development Plan