Deposit Draft Local Development Plan - Rhondda Cynon Taf

Appendix FourGlossary Of TermsAdaptation – Involves adjustments to natural or human systems in responseto actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harmor exploits beneficial opportunities.Adventure Tourism - Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involvingexploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveller should expect theunexpected. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing in popularity as tourists seekunusual holidays, different from the typical beach holiday.Affordable Housing - Housing, whether for rent, shared ownership or outrightpurchase, provided at a cost considered affordable in relation to incomes that areaverage or below average, or in relation to the price of general market housing.Biomass - Biomass refers to living and recently dead biological material thatcan be used as fuel or for industrial production. Most commonly, biomass refersto plant matter grown for use as biofuel, but it also includes plant or animalmatter used for production of fibres, chemicals or heat. Biomass may alsoinclude biodegradable wastes that can be burnt as fuel. It excludes organicmaterial which has been transformed by geological processes into substancessuch as coal or petroleum.Candidate Site Process - As part of the preparation towards preparing the LocalDevelopment Plan (LDP), developers, service providers, landowners and otherswith an interest in land are invited by their Local Planning Authority to submitsites they wish to be considered for development or other uses through the LDP.The sites identified are referred to as Candidate Sites. Candidate Sites may besubmitted for potential uses such as: housing, employment, retail, leisure, waste,transport (e.g. park and ride sites), open space, health and community uses.Capital Region - Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys make up the Capital Regionidentified in the Wales Spatial Plan (2008 Update) occasionally also called the‘Capital Network’. The area has major contrasts between prosperity anddeprivation, and a ribbon pattern of urban development reflects the historicaldevelopment of the coal and steel industries.Carbon Dioxide (C02) Emissions – Results from the burning of fossil fuels andis claimed to be a major component of global warming.Carbon Sinks – Forests, soils, oceans and the atmosphere all store carbon,which moves among those different carbon pools over time; these fourdifferent carbon stores form the active carbon pool. If one of these poolsabsorbs more carbon than it gives off, it is called a 'sink'.Class A –Use Class A1: Shops – for example: retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers,travel and ticket agencies, post offices, dry cleaners, sandwich shops etc.Use Class A2: Financial and professional services - banks, building societies,estate and employment agencies, betting offices.Use Class A3: Food and drink - restaurants, public houses, snack bars, cafés,wine bars, shops for the sale of hot food.Climate Change – Long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, wind andall other aspects of the Earth's climate. Often regarded as a result of humanactivity and fossil fuel consumption.Committed sites - All sites with current planning permission or allocated inadopted development plans for development (particularly residentialdevelopment).Preserving Our Heritage, Building Our Future145