Glossary
At Barker Parry we aim to help demystify the planning process for our clients. Here you can find a plain-speaking introduction to common terms used in Planning.
- Affordable Housing
- Agent
- Appeal
- Appellant
- Applicant
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- AONB
- Article 4 Direction
- Biodiversity Net Gain
- BNG
- Breach of Condition Notice
- BCN
- Brownfield
- Brownfield Land Register
- BLR
- Building Preservation Notice
- BPN
- Conservation Area
- Contaminated Land
- Conversions
- Curtilage
- Density
- Derelict Land
- Design and Access Statement
- Detailed application
- Full Application
- Determination
- Enforcement
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- EIA
- Environmental Statement
- EA
- Established Use
- Flood Risk Assessment
- General Permitted Development Order
- GPDO
- Green Belt
- Greenfield
- Grey Belt
- Habitable room
- Householder Application
- Infill Development
- Infrastructure
- Lawful Development Certificate
- LDC
- Listed Building
- Listed Building Consent
- Local Plan
- Local Planning Authority
- LPA
- Minor Material Amendment
- S.73 application
- National Highways
- Non Material Amendment
- NMA
- S.96a application
- Outline Application
- Permission in Principle
- PiP
- Permitted Development Rights
- Planning Application
- Planning Conditions
- Conditions
- Planning Inspectorate
- Planning permission
- Pre-application advice
- Reserved matters
- Scheduled Ancient Monument
- Section 106
- Sui Generis
- Tree Preservation Order
- TPO
- Use Classes Order