Planning Practice note:
Planning Acronyms
This leaflet gives information about acronyms in current use for standard expressions use in planning. It should be read in conjunction with BVPN62 and other leaflets in this series.
PLANNING ACRONYMS
- AC
Audit Commission - AONB
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - ASCA
Area of Special Control of Advertisements - AWM
Advantage West Midlands - BAP
Biodiversity Action Plan - BCN
Breach of Condition Notice - BC
Building Control - BCB
Building Control Body - BV
Best Value - BVPI
Best Value Performance Indicator - CA
Conservation Area - CAP
Conservation Area Partnership - CDS
Countryside Design Summary - CLEUD
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development - CLOPUD
Certificate of Lawfulness Of Proposed Use or Development - CoU
Change of Use - DCMS
Department of Culture, Media and Sport - DC
Development Control - DCC
Development Control Committee - DCLG
Department of Communities and Local Government - DCO
Development Control Officer - DEFRA
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - EA
Environment Agency - EH
English Heritage - EHTF
English Historic Towns Forum - EiP
Examination in Public (of a Structure Plan) - EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit System - ESA
Environmentally Sensitive Area - ESDP
European Spatial Development Perspective - FSoSODPM
First Secretary of State in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - FRCA
Farming and Rural Conservation Agency - GDPO
General Development Procedure Order - GIS
Geographical Information System - GOWM
Government Office for the West Midlands - HA
Highways Agency - HIP
Housing Investment Programme - HS
(The Council's) Housing Strategy - JPL
Journal of Planning and Environment Law - LB
Listed Building - LBC
Listed Building Consent - LCAAC
Ludlow Conservation Area Advisory Committee - LDC
Lawful Development Certificate (see CLEUD and CLOPUD) - LDD
Local Development Document - LDF
Local Development Framework - LDS
Local Development Scheme - LEAP
Local Environment Agency Plan - LGA
Local Government Association - LGO
Local Government Ombudsman - LP
Local Plan - LPA
Local Planning Authority - LTP
Local Transport Plan - NE
National England - ODPM
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - PC
Parish Council - PCN
Planning Contravention Notice - PD
Permitted Development - PI
Performance Indicator - PINS
Planning Inspectorate - PLI
Public Local Inquiry (into a Local Plan) - POS
Planning Officers Society;
Public Open Space - PP
Planning Permission - PPG
Planning Policy Guidance Note - PPS
Planning Policy Statement - QMS
Quality Management System - RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects - RICS
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - RoW
Right of Way - RPG
Regional Planning Guidance - RTPI
Royal Town Planning Institute - S106
Section 106 agreement - S215
Section 215 notice - SAC
Special Area of Conservation - SAPTC
Shropshire Association of Parish and Town Councils - SCC
Shropshire County Council - SMR
Site and Monuments Record - SoS
Secretary of State - SoSCMS
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport - SP
Structure Plan - SPD
Supplementary Planning Document - SPG
Supplementary Planning Guidance - SSDC
South Shropshire District Council - SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest - TCPA
Town and Country Planning Act(s) - TPO
Tree Preservation Order - UCO
Use Classes Order - VDS
Village Design Statement
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