Deposit Draft Local Development Plan - Rhondda Cynon Taf

Communal / District Heating Networks – Communal / District heating is asystem for distributing heat generated in a centralised location for residentialand commercial heating requirements. The heat is often obtained from acogeneration plant, although dedicated facilities called heat-only boilerstations are also used. A district heating plant can provide higher efficienciesand better pollution control than localized boilers.Comparison Floor Space: Floor space made available for the purchase ofretail items on an infrequent basis for which the customer generally expectsto invest time and effort into visiting a range of shops before making a choice.For example, clothes, footwear, household goods, recreational goods andwhite goods (fridges, dishwashers etc).Consultation Report - A consultation report explains how and with whomconsultation on the Deposit Plan took place, and how it affected the draftingof the Deposit Plan. Consultation reports are be made available for publicviewing for a period of six weeks along with the Deposit Plan to allow furtherrepresentations to be made.Convenience Floor Space: Floor space made available to meet shoppingneeds carried out on a day-to-day, basis e.g. food, drinks, newspapers /magazines, cigarettes, and confectionery.Decentralised Heating / Cooling Power Networks – A clean and efficientenergy system that provides heating, cooling, and electricity supplied by localrenewable and local low-carbon sources (i.e. on-site and near-site, but notremote off-site) usually on a relatively small scale.Examination in Public - A term given to the examination of Structure Plansunder transitional arrangements.Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Emissions into the atmosphere of gases thataffect the temperature and climate of the Earth's surface. The maingreenhouse gases emitted are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) andnitrous oxide (N2O). Some human activities increase these gases, includingfossil fuel combustion within motor vehicles and some power stations.Grey Water Recycling – Grey Water recycling involves collecting the water usedin hand basins, showers and baths, processing the water in order to ensure areasonable level of cleanliness and re-circulating the water for use in flushingtoilets. The water can often also be used to fill the washing machine, for reusein toilets and for outside taps where it is not necessary to use drinking qualitywater.Heads of the Valley Programme - The Heads of the Valleys Programme is awide-ranging regeneration partnership launched by the Welsh AssemblyGovernment on the 22nd November 2004. It brings together the WelshAssembly Government with five Local Authorities (Rhondda Cynon Taf, MerthyrTydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau-Gwent and Torfaen) with other organisations fromacross the public, private and voluntary sectors.Hub Settlement - These settlements function as service hubs for surroundingsettlements. They provide the central framework around which high capacitysustainable transport links. A wider range of services should be deliveredlocally within them to reduce the overall need to travel.Deposit - A term describing the statutory consultation period for plans beingprogressed under transitional arrangements.146Preserving Our Heritage, Building Our Future