Local development planning regulations and guidance - draft: consultation analysis

7. Annex C – Acronyms / Short hand

the 2019 Act the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019

AA: appropriate assessment

ALGAO: Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers

approx.: approximately

BARR: Buildings at Risk Register

BRIA: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

CARS: Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme

CCS: Carbon Capture and Storage

Circular 1/2022 Planning Circular 1/2022: Local Place Plans

Covid19: Coronavirus

CRWIA: Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment

CSGN: Central Scotland Green Network

DPEA: Planning and Environmental Appeals Division

DPS(s): Development Plan Scheme(s)

EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment

EQIA: Equalities Impact Assessment

ER: Evidence Report

EV: electric vehicle

FIRS: Future Infrastructure Requirements for Services

FSD: Fairer Scotland Duty

GIS: Geographic Information System

HERs: Historic Environment Records

HES: Historic Environment Scotland

HLR: Housing Land Requirement

HNDA: Housing Need and Demand Assessment

HRA: Habitats Regulations Appraisal

ICIA: Island Communities Impact Assessment

ICS: Infrastructure Commission for Scotland

LA: Local Authority

LBAP(s): Local Biodiversity Action Plan(s)

LDP(s): Local Development Plan(s)

LHEES: Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies

LOIPs: Local Outcome Improvement Plans

LPA: Local Planning Authority

LPP: Local Place Plan

MATHLR: Minimum All-Tenure Housing Land Requirement

MNO: Mobile Network Operator

NFRA: National Flood Risk Assessment

NPF4: National Planning Framework 4

OSS: Open Space Strategy

PAN 2/2010 Planning Advice Note 2/2010: Affordable Housing and Housing Land Audits

PAN63: Planning Advice Note 63: Energy from Waste

Para(s): Paragraph(s)

RSLs: Registered Social Landlords

RSS(s): Regional Spatial Strategy / (Strategies)

RTPI: Royal Town Planning Institute

SAC: Special Area of Conservation

SEA: Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEPA: Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SFRA: Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

SIMD: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

SPA: Special Protection Area

SPG: Supplementary Planning Guidance

SPP: Scottish Planning Policy (2014)

SSSI: Site of Special Scientific Interest

STPR: (2) Strategic Transport Projects Review (2)

WIPs: Wireless Infrastructure Providers