Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan 2015
Appendix 5: Acronyms and Government Departments
Acronyms
- AAP - Area of Archaeological Potential
- AONB - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- ASI - Area of Scientific Interest
- ASAI - Area of Significant Archaeological Interest
- ASSI - Area of Special Scientific Interest
- ATC - Area of Townscape Character
- BMA- Belfast Metroplitan Area
- BNMAP - Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan
- CPA -Countryside Policy Area
- CTA - Community Technical Aid
- DCAN - Development Control Advice Note
- DEFRA - Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- EHS - Environment and Heritage Service, DOE
- EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment
- EQIA - Equality Impact Assessment
- ESA - Environmentally Sensitive Area
- HGIs - Housing Growth Indicators
- HNA - Housing Needs Assessment
- KTC - Key Transport Corridor
- LFA - Less Favoured Area
- LLPA - Local Landscape Policy Area
- NEW TSN - New Targeting Social Need
- NIHE - Northern Ireland Housing Executive
- NILCA - Northern Ireland Landscape Countryside Assessment
- NITB - Northern Ireland Tourist Board
- NNR - National Nature Reserve Site
- NRRTI - Natural Resource Rural Tourism Initiative
- PAC - Planning Appeals Commission
- PPS - Planning Policy Statement
- PSRNI - A Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland
- RDS - Regional Development Strategy
- RPA - Review of Public Administration
- RTS - Regional Transportation Strategy
- RSTNTP - Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan
- SAC - Special Area of Conservation
- SCPA - Special Countryside Policy Area
- SELB - Southern Education and Library Board
- SLNCI - Sites of Local Nature Conservation Importance
- SPA - Special Protection Area
- SPG - Strategic Planning Guidelines
- SRI - Stratedic Road Improvements
- SRTP - Sub-Regional Transport Plan
- SUDS - Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
- TA - Transport Assessment
Northern Ireland Government Departments
- DARD - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- DCAL - Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
- DETI - Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
- DOE - Department of the Environment
- DRD - Department for Regional Development
- DSD - Department for Social Development
