National Planning Framework 4 - draft: consultation analysis

Annex C – Glossary of definitions

Question 58 – Do you agree with the definitions set out above? Are there any other terms it would be useful to include in the glossary?

Around 200 respondents made a comment at Question 58. A full list of all suggested changes to existing definitions, along with suggestions for other terms to be added to the Glossary, has been provided to the Scottish Government.

The most-frequently suggested additions were definitions for:

• Accessible/accessibility/accessible housing.
• Ancient woodland.
• Balanced development.
• Climate change/emergency.
• Community wealth building.
• Deliverable land.
• Fair work.
• Green economy.
• Green jobs.
• Housing land pipeline.
• Infrastructure.
• In principle support.
• Just transition.
• Low carbon fuels.
• Nature-based solutions.
• Nature positive.
• Net emission technologies.
• Net economic benefit.
• Positive effects for biodiversity.
• Prime agricultural land.
• Ramsar sites.
• Remote rural areas.
• Rural places/areas.
• Significant.
• Significant emissions.
• Significant travel generating use.
• Significant weight.
• Small sites.
• Unacceptable.
• Vacant and derelict land.
• Wellbeing economy.

In terms of suggested changes to existing definitions, the most-frequently referenced were:

• 20-minute neighbourhood.
• Affordable home/affordable housing.
• Brownfield.
• Circular economy.
• Deliverable land.
• Enabling development.
• Green infrastructure.
• Green space.
• Housing land requirement.
• Nature network.