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A Local Plan should make clear what is intended to happen in the area over the life of the plan, where and when this will occur and how it will be delivered.
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Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and shape the development and growth of their local area.
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The planning guarantee is the government’s policy that no application should spend more than a year with decision-makers, including any appeal.
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There are three types of appeal to refused planning applications: Written Representations, Hearing and Public Inquiry.
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The steps of the Planning Application process include payment of correct fee, online or paper submission to LPA of drawings & docs among others.
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one of the tools that can help to protect the marine environment, whilst also enabling its sustainable use.
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Moorland generally refers to open upland landscapes dominated by heather and maintained through human management.
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A Community Forest is a designated area close to large cities and contains large amounts of brownfield, underused and derelict land.
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An Environmentally Sensitive Area is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape, wildlife or historical value.
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World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity.
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National Nature Reserves were established to protect some of our most important habitats, species and geology, and to provide ‘outdoor laboratories’ for research.
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A Local Nature Reserve is a statutory designation made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
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A planning condition is a condition placed on a grant of planning permission and development can go ahead only if certain conditions are satisfied.
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Planning permission refers to the planning permission required in the United Kingdom and Ireland in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings.
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A Local Planning Authority (LPA) is the local government body that is empowered by law to exercise urban planning functions for a particular area.
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A Public Right Of Way is a way, which the public have a right to pass and re-pass providing that the public stay on the route and do not cause a nuisance or obstruction.
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A Listed Building is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England.
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An Ancient Woodland is a woodland that has existed continuously since 1600 or before in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland)
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The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) was published back in 1994, and was the UK Government’s response to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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