Abbreviations
Abbreviations
AADT |
Annual Average Daily Traffic |
AEP |
Annual Exceedance Probability |
AGLV |
Area of Great Landscape Value |
aOD |
above Ordnance Datum |
AOLQ |
Area of Outstanding Landscape Quality |
AONB |
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
APIS |
Air Pollution Information System |
AQMA |
Air Quality Management Area |
ASAI |
Area of Special Agricultural Importance |
ATC |
Automatic Traffic Count |
BAP |
Biodiversity Action Plan |
BCR |
Benefit to Cost Ratio |
BDMLR |
British Divers Marine Life Rescue |
bgl |
Below ground level |
BGS |
British Geological Survey |
BRT |
Bus Rapid Transit |
BS |
British Standard |
BSBI |
Botanical Society of the British Isles |
BTO |
British Trust for Ornithology |
CAR |
Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 |
CEC |
City of Edinburgh Council |
CEH |
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
CIRIA |
Construction Industry Research and Information Association |
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
CoCP |
Code of Construction Practice |
CoPA |
Control of Pollution Act (1974) |
CPO |
Compulsory Purchase Order |
CROW |
Catalogue of Rights of Way |
CRTN |
Calculation of Road Traffic Noise |
CSM |
Conceptual Site Model |
DCLP |
Dunfermline and the Coast Local Plan |
DEFRA |
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DMRB |
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges |
DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
EEC |
European Economic Committee |
EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
ELSP |
Edinburgh and the Lothians Structure Plan |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Act (1990) |
ERM |
Environmental Resource Management |
EU |
European Union |
FC |
Fife Council |
FEH |
Flood Estimation Handbook |
FETA |
Forth Estuary Transport Authority |
FFSP |
Finalise Fife Structure Plan |
FLCA |
Fife Landscape Character Assessment |
Forthtag |
Forth Tunnel Action Group |
FRS |
Fisheries Research Services |
FSP |
Fife Structure Plan |
GDPO |
General Development Procedure (Scotland) Order 1992 |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GL |
Ground level |
GPZ |
Groundwater Protection Zones |
ha |
Hectare |
HDV |
Heavy Duty Vehicle |
HGV |
Heavy Goods Vehicle |
HOV |
High Occupancy Vehicle |
HLA |
Historic Landscape Assessment |
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
IEEM |
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
IEMA |
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
IIAA |
Information to Inform an Appropriate Assessment |
IPPC |
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control |
ITS |
Intelligent Transport System |
JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservation Council |
Km |
Kilometres |
Kph |
Kilometres per hour |
Kv |
Kilovolt |
LAQM |
Local Air Quality Management |
LCA |
Landscape Character Assessment |
LCT |
Landscape Character Type |
LLCA |
Local Landscape Character Area |
LLG |
Lower Limestone Group |
LNR |
Local Nature Reserve |
LRT |
Light Rapid Transit |
LWIC |
Lothian Wildlife Information Centre |
MAC |
Mobility and Access Committee |
MLURI |
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute |
NAQS |
National Air Quality Strategy |
NBN |
National Biodiversity Network |
NCR |
National Cycle Route |
NMRS |
National Monuments Record of Scotland |
NMU |
Non Motorised User |
NNR |
National Nature Reserve |
NTS |
National Transport Strategy |
NO |
Nitric Oxide |
NO2 |
Nitrogen Dioxide |
NOx |
Oxides of Nitrogen |
NPF |
National Planning Framework |
NPF2 |
National Planning Framework 2 |
NPPG |
National Planning Policy Guidelines |
NPV |
Net Present Value |
NSCA |
National Society for Clean Air |
OFD |
Oil Fuel Depot |
OS |
Ordnance Survey |
PAH |
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
PAN |
Planning Advice Note |
PM10 |
Particulate Matter |
POL |
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory |
PPC |
Pollution Prevention and Control |
PPG |
Pollution Prevention Guideline |
PVB |
Present Value of Benefits |
PVC |
Present Value of Costs |
PWS |
Private Water Supply |
RCAHMS |
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland |
RIGS |
Regionally Important Geological Sites |
RSI |
Roadside Interview Survey |
RSPB |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
RTA |
Road Traffic Accident |
RWELP |
Rural West Edinburgh Local Plan |
R720 |
A radius applied in the design of the horizontal or vertical geometry of the route corridor. For example R720 corresponds to a radius of 720 metres. |
SAC |
Special Area of Conservation |
SAM |
Scheduled Ancient Monument |
SBI |
Site of Biological Importance |
Scotways |
Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society |
SCURL |
Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries |
SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SEERAD |
Scottish Executive Rural Development Department |
SEPA |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
SEStran |
South East Scotland Transport Partnership |
SG |
Strathclyde Group |
SHEP |
Scottish Historic Environmental Policies |
SINC |
Site of Importance to Nature Conservation |
SLF |
Scottish Landowners Federation |
SMC |
Scottish Monument Consent |
SNH |
Scottish Natural Heritage |
SOC |
Scottish Ornithological Club |
SPA |
Special Protection Area |
SPP |
Scottish Planning Policy |
SRPBA |
Scottish Rural Property & Business Association (formerly SLF) |
SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
STAG |
Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance |
STPR |
Strategic Transport Projects Review |
SUDS |
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems |
SWI |
Site of Wildlife Importance |
SWT |
Scottish Wildlife Trust |
TACTRANS |
Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership |
TLLCA |
The Lothian Landscape Character Assessment |
TMfS |
Transport Model for Scotland |
TPO |
Tree Preservation Order |
UKBAP |
UK Biodiversity Action Plan |
USA |
Updating and Screening Assessment |
vkt |
Vehicle kilometres travelled |
VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
VWT |
Vincent Wildlife Trust |
WCA |
Wildlife and Countryside Act |
WDCS |
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society |
WeBS |
Wetland Bird Survey |
WFD |
Water Framework Directive |
WLC |
West Lothian Council |
WLLP |
West Lothian Structure Plan |
WoSAS |
West of Scotland Archaeological Service |
WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |