Here are (some) of the acronyms and abbreviations currently being used
AAP : Area Action Plan – applies to proposals for over 2200 new homes at Salt Cross Garden Villlage north of A40 and will control the details of development there.
ENP : Eynsham Neighbourhood Plan – within limits set by Local Development Plan will control development with Eynsham Parish. Sponsored by Eynsham Parish Council (EPC), prepared by local residents. Currently being revised and updated. Public consultation will likely begin in the summer. A formal external examiniation and public referendum will take place.
EPC : Eynsham Parish Council - are consulted on planning matters, try to represent local interests by meeting with West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) and developers.
GV : Garden Village - a new community, not an extension to an existing one, built to specific design principles first used around 1900 and recently revived to foster the ideas of good design, good community and sustainable, low carbon initiatives.
LDP : Local Development Plan 2041 sets planning rules for next 12-15 years in whole of West Oxfordshire, about 15000 new homes.It includes an extra 3200 homes in Eynsham Parish, with the majority of development within the Salt Cross and West Eynsham areas.
SCGV : Salt Cross Garden Village - name given by central government to a WODC proposal for a GV on the other side of the A40 to Eynsham for a new community built according to GV principles.
SDA : Strategic Development Area - a large area allocated by the LDP for development including the West Eynsham SDA of 1000 new homes west of the village. There will be some consultation but not at the same level or an examination as the masterplan for this area will be a supplementary planning document which carries less legal weight that the AAP.
SPD : Suplementary Planning Document - large developments need to be planned as a whole and this is the document which will try to do that. Unlike an AAP, a SPD is not legally enforcible but will be taken into account when final planning applications are made.
WODC : West Oxfordshire District Council - based in Witney, elected members determine policy, officers provide technical advice.
Notes:
LDP, ENP and AAP are primary planning documents which mean they have legal force in the areas they apply to and development must comply with them. They are very important and are subject to various levels of consultation and examination.
Consultation is when the public have an opportunity to comment on proposals before they are finally agreed.