Glossary
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Action Area Plan: A non-statutory plan, prepared by, or on behalf of, North Tipperary County Council for a specific area providing detail on the desirable framework for the future development, design or layout of that area. This plan should identify suitable areas for a variety of principal land uses - such as residential, commercial, industrial developments, and also associated developments such as retailing, educational and community facilities.
Affordable Housing: Housing or lands made available by the planning authority to persons who need accommodation but whose income would not be adequate to meet the payments on a mortgage for the purchase of a house to meet his or her accommodation needs.
Archaeological Field Evaluation (Assessment): This procedure is undertaken by an archaeologist in order to establish the archaeological nature and potential of a particular location. It includes a search of maps and documentary sources and may involve archaeological testing. It may involve photographic and/or measured survey of structures. This work can be undertaken by any licensed archaeologist approved by Dúchas, which maintains a list of suitably qualified archaeologists.
Architectural Conservation Area: A place, area, group of structures or townscape, taking account of building lines and heights, which is of special architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical interest, or contributes to the appreciation of protected structures.
Aquifer: A rock or subsoil that stores and transmits water in significant quantities.
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Backland Development: Development which takes place to the rear of existing structures fronting a street or roadway.
Biodiversity: The variety of life (wildlife and plant life) on earth.
Brownfield Site: An urban development site that has been previously built on but is currently unused.
Buffer Zone: An area of land commonly separating built-up areas and the open countryside, or on the edge of agricultural land or waterways.
Building Line: A development line along a street or roadway behind or in front of which development is discouraged.
Building Regulations: The Building Control Act 1990 and the Regulations made under it constitutes a system for regulating building works and lays down the minimum standards for design, construction, workmanship, materials etc. Different standards apply depending on the use of the building.
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Carrying Capacity: This is the largest volume of traffic that a particular road or route can carry.
Catchment Area: An area from which a place draws its population (i.e. a town, hospital or school) or the area served by a water/sewerage scheme.
Commercial Development: Development consisting of wholesale, light industry and commercial developments but excluding general heavy industrial development and retail and any developments that would detract from the strengthening of the town centre.
Community Facilities: Facilities which are open to and provided for the benefit of the public.
Comparison Goods: Those goods that are required on an infrequent basis by individuals and households such as clothing and footwear, furniture and furnishings and household equipment (excluding non-durable household goods), medical and pharmaceutical products, therapeutic appliances and equipment, educational and recreation equipment and accessories, books, newspaper and magazines, goods for personal care and goods not elsewhere classified.
Convenience Goods: Those goods that are required on a daily or weekly basis by individuals and households (such as food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, tobacco and non-durable household goods).
Cycle Lane: An area of the public road reserved exclusively for cyclists, but separated from it by a continuous white line or lines.
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DBO: Design, Build and Operate scheme.
Demography (Demographics): Statistical study of human populations.
Development Charges: Charges or levies placed on developers relating to the cost of services and utilities, which are provided by North Tipperary County Council.
District Centre: Shopping or groups of shops, separate from the town centre, usually containing at least one food supermarket or superstore and non-retail services such as banks, building societies and restaurants serving suburban areas or smaller settlements.
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Ecosystems: Ecological systems in which plants and animals are linked to one another and their environment through a series of feedback loops.
Emissions: Carbon Dioxide, greenhouse gas or other noxious emissions.
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Fascia: The flat horizontal surface immediately below the edge of a roof.
Flats: A residential unit within a building, the size of which is not less than 30 sq. metres.
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Greenfield Sites: A piece of open land that has not been built on and is therefore a vacant lot.
Groundwater Protection: Protection of underground source of water (groundwater aquifer). Certain developments are subject to special controls within defined areas close to aquifers.
Guesthouse: A building or part thereof where sleeping accommodation, meals and other refreshments are available to customers and which has a minimum of five rooms and not more than nineteen.
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Hedgerows: A natural or semi-natural row of bushes, shrubs and/or trees forming a boundary. Hedgerows help define places, act as shelterbelts, and add to biodiversity. They also offer significant wildlife habitat, including wildlife corridors, which allow wild animals to move across open countryside, and provide food, nesting and roosting places.
Household: One or more persons occupying a dwelling, which has kitchen and bathroom facilities.
Housing Stock: Houses that already exist.
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Infill Development: Refers to urban development taking place on a vacant or undeveloped site between other developments, i.e. an infill site.
Infill Site: Small gap sites, unused or derelict land usually located in urban areas.
Infrastructure: Drainage, water supplies, sewage treatment plants, sewerage networks, lighting, telephone lines, electricity supply, railways, roads, buildings, schools, community facilities and recreational facilities.
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K
Kyoto Convention: The Third Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention held in Kyoto, Japan, 1997 agreed legally binding targets to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In order to meet its obligation to the EU commitment, Ireland must stabilise its greenhouse gas emissions at 13% above 1990 levels within the period 2008 to 2012.
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Landscape Plans: A detailed plan prepared as part of a planning application, illustrating the steps the developer will take to provide hard and/or soft landscaping on the site.
Leakage (Retail) Loss of retail activity to areas outside the County.
LAPS - Local Areas for Play: Small areas (approximately 100m2) of unsupervised open space; located one minute's walking time (60m in a direct line) from any of the houses using the area.
LEAPS - Local Equipped Areas for Play: Unsupervised play areas (approximately 1600m2) equipped for children of early school age, located five minutes' walking time (240m in a direct line) from any of the houses within the proposed site.
Live Register: The Department of Social Welfare listing of those people classified as being unemployed each month.
Local Agenda 21: Agenda 21 is a comprehensive worldwide programme for sustainable development in the twenty-first century with Local Agenda 21 being the programme at local level.
Local Area Plan: A Plan prepared and adopted in accordance with Section 18 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000. These plans must be prepared for designated towns with a population in excess of 2,000 persons within the functional area of the Authority. They may also be prepared for areas which the Authority considers require economic, physical and social renewal and for areas likely to be subject to large scale development within the lifetime of the plan.
M
Manager's Report: A document outlining the issues that were considered important in arriving at the policies to be contained in a development plan.
Monument (Recorded Monument): An archaeological monument protected under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994.
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NHA: Natural Heritage Area. (p) denotes "proposed".
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P
Plot Ratio
Is the relationship between the site area and the total floor area of the
building erected on it. It is calculated by dividing the gross floor area
of the building by the gross area of the site.
Population Density: The number of people per unit area (hectare, square kilometre, acre, square mile) determined by dividing the number of people in an area by the size of the area.
Precautionary Principle: The best environmental policy is to protect the environmental systems as a priority, in particular where the results of an action/procedure are unknown.
Protected Structure: A building, feature, site, or structure identified in the Development Plan as worthy of protection or preservation in accordance with the Planning and Development Act 2000.
Public Private Partnerships (PPPs): are essentially partnerships between public sector organisations and private sector investors and businesses for the purposes of designing, planning, financing, constructing and/or operating infrastructure projects normally provided through traditional procurement mechanisms by the state.
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R
Recycling Centre: A centre that facilitates the recycling of plastics, glass, corrugated cardboard, newspapers and/or other recyclable goods.
Rendering: Plaster or stucco applied to an exterior wall; a first coat of plaster on an internal wall.
REPS: Rural Environment Protection Schemes.
Residential Densities: The number of residential units per area unit (hectare, acre).
Ribbon Development: Development usually occurs along rural road frontage outside established settlements of contiguous sites (usually 3 or more), or a number of sites with small gaps on a single stretch of roadway.
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SAC: Special Area of Conservation. (c) denotes "candidate".
Sash: A wooden, metal or plastic frame for glazing. It can be hinged, fixed or sliding in a window.
Serviced Land Initiative: a special fund, set up by the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, to part -finance local authority water and sewerage schemes providing services to open up development land.
Services (General): Activities directly relating to serving the needs of the public, which do not involve any manufacturing processes. They include restaurants, shops, financial and professional services, and entertainment outlets.
Service Sector: This is the employment sector, which involves the provision of services, frequently referred to as the tertiary sector.
Set Backs: This relates to the distance a building line, or a portion of a building line, should be set back from a street, roadway or watercourse.
Site Coverage: Site coverage is the portion of the site, which is built on and is a ratio determined by dividing the total site area by the ground floor area of the building.
Social Housing: This is housing provided for persons who are registered with the Local Authority on the Social Housing Waiting List, and assessed as being eligible for social housing. The broad categories of households who are eligible for social housing are set out in Section 9(2) of the 1988 Housing Act and include the homeless, travellers, persons living in unfit or overcrowded accommodation, the elderly, persons with disabilities, persons who cannot reasonably afford to provide their own accommodation.
Sustainable Development: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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The Tipperary Institute: Formerly the Tipperary Rural Business
and Development Institute.
Topography: Features of a place or district, the position
of its rivers, mountains, roads, buildings etc.
Town Centre / Village Centre: Town, village and district centres that provide a broad range of facilities and services and serve as a focus for the community and for public transport. It excludes retail parks, local centres and small parades of shops of purely local significance.
Traffic Calming: Series of traffic management techniques used to reduce traffic speeds.
Tree Preservation Orders: An order made by North Tipperary County Council for the preservation of any tree, trees, group of trees or woodlands. The order may prohibit the cutting down, topping, lopping or wilful destruction of trees, except with the consent of North Tipperary County Council, which may be granted subject to conditions.
U
Urban Fringe: The edge of a built up area where urban and rural environments interface.
Urban-Generated Rural Housing
Housing demand that is driven by people living and working in urban areas
who wish to live in the countryside.
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W
Water Corridors: This refers to the linear strip of land on either side of a stream or watercourse, which runs along its length or a portion thereof.
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