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Annex 3 - Abbreviations

The London Plan 2021

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Publication type: The London Plan

Publication status: Adopted

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Abbreviations

Table of abbreviations used in the London Plan 2021

List of abbreviations used in the London Plan 2021

Abbreviation

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ACV

Asset of Community Value

AGPs

Artificial grass pitches

APA

Archaeological Priority Area

AQA

Air Quality Assessment

AQFA

Air Quality Focus Area

BAME

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

BLE

Bakerloo line extension

BREEAM

Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

CAZ

Central Activities Zone

CCG

Clinical Commissioning Group

CD&E

Construction, demolition and excavation

CEZ

Creative Enterprise Zone

CHP

Combined heat and power

CIBSE

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

CIL

Community Infrastructure Levy

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

COBR

Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms

DE

Decentralised Energy

DEC

Display Energy Certificate

DLR

Docklands Light Railway

DMR

Discounted Market Rent

EDS

The Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy

EUV+

Existing Use Value Plus

FE

Further education

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GIA

Gross Internal Area

GLA

Greater London Authority

GLHER

Greater London Historic Environment Record

GVA

Gross Value Added

Ha

Hectare

HMO

House in Multiple Occupation

HS2

High Speed 2

IMD

Index of Multiple Deprivation

kWh

Kilowatt hour

LAA

Local Aggregates Assessment

LAEI

London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

LDD

London Development Database

LFEPA

London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority

LGBT+

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans +

LIGS

Locally Important Geological Sites

LLDC

London Legacy Development Corporation

LLFA

Lead Local Flood Authority

LLR

London Living Rent

LSIS

Locally Significant Industrial Sites

LVMF

London View Management Framework

MCIL

Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy

MMO

Marine Management Organisation

MOL

Metropolitan Open Land

NHS

National Health Service

NIOD

Northern Isle of Dogs

NO₂

Nitrogen dioxide

NOx

Oxides of nitrogen, or nitrogen oxides: a mixture of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide

NPPG

National Planning Practice Guidance

NPPF

National Planning Policy Framework

OA

Opportunity Area

OAPF

Opportunity Area Planning Framework

OPDC

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

PBSA

Purpose-Built Student Accommodation

PDR

Permitted development rights

PLA

Port of London Authority

PTAL

Public Transport Access Level

PV

Photovoltaic

RFRA

Regional Flood Risk Appraisal

RIGS

Regionally-Important Geological Sites

SAC

Special Areas of Conservation

SEND

Special Educational Needs and Disability

SHLAA

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

SHMA

Strategic Housing Market Assessment

SIL

Strategic Industrial Locations

SINC

Site of Importance for Nature Conservation

SOLDC

Strategic Outer London Development Centre

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (including micro-businesses)

SPA

Special Protection Areas

SPG

Supplementary Planning Guidance

Sqm

Square metres

SRF

Solid recovered fuel

STPs

Sustainability and Transformation Plans

TE2100

Thames Estuary 2100 Plan

TER

Target Emission Rate

TfL

Transport for London

TPA

Thames Policy Area

UGF

Urban Greening Factor

UKOOG

United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas Group

WERLSPA

West End Retail and Leisure Special Policy Area

WHS

World Heritage Sites

WSE

Wider South East

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