Draft Delivery Agreement for the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park Local Development Plan 2025 - 2045

Appendix 4: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Comment

Alternative Site: Representations to the Deposit LDP which suggest alternative or new site allocations which are advertised by the Council prior to the submission of the Deposit LDP to the Inspector.

Annual Monitoring Report (AMR): This will assess the extent to which policies in the LDP are being successfully implemented.

Appropriate Assessment (AA): Assessment of any land use Plan's impact on the conservation objectives of a European Site as required by the 'Habitats Regulations 2017' .

Baseline: A description of the present state of an area.

Candidate Site: Site put forward to the Authority for its consideration for allocation in the LDP.

Community Involvement [Scheme] (CIS): Sets out the project plan and policies of the LPA, for involving communities and other stakeholders in the preparation of the LDP.

Consensus Building: A process of early dialogue with targeted interest groups to understand relevant viewpoints.

Consultation Statement: A BBNPA document that identifies everybody who has been consulted through plan preparation and the methodology adopted. This includes justifications of any deviations from the CIS. Published at the same time as the Deposit LDP.

Definitive Stages: The stages in plan preparation up to and including the Statutory Deposit.

Delivery Agreement (DA): This document comprising the LPA's timetable and community involvement scheme (CIS) for the preparation of the LDP. Approved by WG.

Deposit LDP: Formal 6-week period in which individuals and organizations can make representations on the NPA's firm proposal for which it considers a sound LDP.

Environmental Consultation Bodies: Bodies with environmental responsibilities concerned by the effects of implementing plans and programmes and which must be consulted under the SEA Regulations, i.e., Natural Resources Wales and CADW.

Environmental Report: A document required by the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004, which identifies, describes and appraises the likely significant effects on the environment of implementing a plan.

Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) Process of screening, scoping and appropriate assessment of any land use Plan's impact on the conservation objectives of a European Site as required by the Habitats Regulations 2017.

Independent Examination: Independent examination in public, held by Planning and Environment Decisions Wales to provide an impartial examination of the LDP.

Indicative Stages: The stages beyond the Statutory Deposit Period.

Key Stakeholder Group/ Fforwm y Bannau: To act as a sounding board throughout the preparation process. This group will consist of the key stakeholders and partners involved strategically with the National Park.

Local Development Plan (LDP): Land use plan which will form the statutory development plan for a local authority area for the purposes of the Act. Subject to independent examination.

Local Development Plan Manual: WG Guidance on development plan making.

National Park Management Plan (NPMP)/ Dyfodol Y Bannau: The single most important policy document for the National Park. It is a nationally important plan for the geographic area of the National Park and not for any one authority and, as a strategic over-arching document, it co-ordinates and integrates other plans, strategies and actions in the National Park, including the Local Development Plan.

Pre-Deposit Consultation: Informal process in which comments are invited on a particular topic or draft document.

Pre-Deposit Participation: A process, whereby stakeholders and the community can interface with plan makers.

Preferred Strategy: BBNPA report outlining the preferred strategy of the NPA following Pre-Deposit participation.

Project Management Timetable: A realistic timetable detailing the various stages of the preparation and delivery of the Local Development Plan (LDP) and how the process of the Plan preparation will be project managed. This timetable should also state the resources that will be required at each stage.

Scoping: The process of deciding the scope and level of detail of an SA, including the sustainability effects and options which need to be considered, the assessment methods to be used, and the structure and contents of the SA Report.

Site Register: A register of candidate sites put forward to the Authority including identification of those that accord with the BBNPA strategy and those that do not.

Site Specific Allocations: Allocations of sites for specific or mixed uses or development contained in a local development plan. Policies will identify any specific requirements for individual proposals

Soundness: Concept against which a LDP is examined under section 64(5)(b) of the 2004 Act.

Stakeholder Group: Meeting made up of those with an interest directly affected by the LDP.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): Generic term used to describe environmental assessment applied to policies, plans and programmes as required by the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004.

Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG): Provides supplementary information in respect of the policies in a local development plan. They must be consistent with LDP policies and national planning policy.

Sustainability Appraisal (SA): Tool for appraising policies to ensure they reflect sustainable development objectives.

Sustainability Appraisal Report (SA Report): Describes and appraises the likely effects on sustainability of implementing the Plan. S 62 (6) of the Act states that a LPA must prepare a report of the findings of the SA of the LDP