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ABICS (AddressBase Incremental Change Service)
Following the withdrawal of the National Land and Property Gazetteer on 31 October 2014, various public sector bodies were licensed to continue to receive daily, weekly or monthly updates, in DTF format, of certain elements of AddressBase Premium which were equivalent to the National Land and Property Gazetteer data received prior to such date; this is known as the AddressBase Incremental Change Service, and this service remains available to those same bodies.
Access Road
A Street whose main function is to give access to properties rather than provide a through route.
ACI (Address Change Intelligence)

Generic term used to identify all address change created within a local authority which shall be captured within an LLPG (Local Land and Property Gazetteer) function to ensure the gazetteer is maintained as the single corporate address change intelligence resource for the DCA (Data Cooperation Agreement) Participating Authority.

Address Layer 2
ADDRESS-POINT Data, Ordnance Survey MasterMap Address Layer Data, Ordnance Survey MasterMap Address Layer 2 Data and National Land and Property Gazetteer Data are withdrawn products which are no longer maintained by Ordnance Survey and, for the avoidance of doubt, Ordnance Survey gives no warranty in respect of such data.
Addressable Object

Object referenced by an address for inclusion in the LLPG (Local Land and Property Gazetteer). See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 1, section 3.1, for definition.

Alternative LPI

A number and / or name in common use but not approved by the SNN Authority for the LPI (Land and Property Identifier) associated with the BLPU (Basic Land and Property Unit). See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.

BLPU (Basic Land and Property Unit)
Basic Land and Property Unit.
BNS (Below National Standard)
Below National Standard within an Authority's Improvement Schedule.
BOAT (Byway Open to All Traffic)

A Byway with rights for all vehicles. Section 66(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Closed Street

A Street which no longer exists for the purposes of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991and which is closed in the LSG by the Authority Street Custodian.  A Street cannot be closed merely because it is no longer passable to traffic or has no BLPUs associated with it.  If highway rights remain on a Street then it is still open and those rights must be stopped up before the Street is considered to be closed.

New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

County Council

In the GeoPlace Data Entry Conventions, a County Council is a local authority that does not have an SNN (Street Naming and Numbering) Authority function but does have a Local Highway Authority function.

Cycle Route

Any designated marked or signed route for cyclists.  It may be any combination of Cycle Track, cycle lane or Cycle Way as well as other Roads or Paths with no specific provision for cycles.

Cycle Track

A highway for cyclists and pedestrians which is maintainable at public expense. Section 1 of the Cycle Tracks Act 1984.

Cycle Way

Any Way designed for the use of cycles and from which other wheeled traffic is excluded.  The term does not imply the existence of public rights, although it is possible that they exist.

Data Source

The source of the Application Cross Reference.  An external dataset that is linked to or provides a source of ACI.

DCA (Data Cooperation Agreement)

Issued by GeoPlace to all district, county and Unitary councils in England and Wales. It provides a legally binding agreement between the parties to support the creation and maintenance of GeoPlace databases (particularly related to address and street information for England and Wales and address information for Scotland through separate agreements).

DCA Address Updates

DCA Participating Authority address information supplied to GeoPlace.

DCA Street Updates
DCA (Data Cooperation Agreement) Participating Authority street information supplied to GeoPlace.
DCA-DECTWG
Data Cooperation Agreement - Data Entry Convention Technical Working Group
Definitive Map

A map maintained by a Surveying Authority providing details of certain Public Rights of Way.

Section 48 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

Definitive Statement

The Surveying Authority's legal record of Public Rights of Way.

Highways Act 1980

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

DfT (Department for Transport)

The government department responsible for the transport network. The DfT works with its agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK's businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country.

District Council

A lower tier level of local government in England, below a County and above a parish.  An authority that does have an SNN (Street Naming and Numbering) Authority function but does not have a Local Highway Authority function.

District Maintaining

The operational district responsible for maintaining a street.

District
An operational district in street works
DTF
Data Transfer Format
Easting

A value on the X axis of the National Grid of Great Britain.  Captured to a 1cm resolution.

Emergency Vehicle

Police car, ambulance, fire engine, coastguard or mountain rescue.

EMS (Electoral Management System)

Software application for managing Electoral Registration data.

End Date

Date on which a Record ceased to be active. See also BS 7666-2:2006, pages 6 and 9, sections 6.1 and 7.2 for descriptions.

Entry Date

Date on which a Record was entered into an LLPG or LSG. See also BS 7666-2:2006, pages 6 and 9, sections 6.1 and 7.2 for descriptions.

Environmentally Sensitive Area

A type of designation for an area of land which needs special protection because of its landscape, wildlife or historical value.

ESU (Elementary Street Unit)

A Record used to spatially define a Street between nodes and / or junctions.

EToN (Electronic Transfer of Notifications)

A specification for the automatic transfer of information about proposed Street works. See Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications v6. 

Extinguished

A public footpath, bridleway or restricted byway which was but is now no longer recorded on the Definitive Map.

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

Field

A defined area in a database record into which an item of data or value is entered.

File

In the GeoPlace Data Transfer Formats: a comma separated text file or XML file transferred as a COU or Full Supply.

FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and any subordinate legislation made under this Act from time to time together with any guidance and/or codes of practice issued by the Information Commissioners in relation to such legislation.

Footpath

A highway over which the public have a right of way on foot only, other than such a Highway at the side of a public road. Excludes Footway. Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Footway

A part of a Highway segregated for pedestrians only. See Section 66 of the Highways Act 1980.

FRS(s) (Fire and Rescue Service(s))
An authority responsible for protecting life and property in the event of fires in their area - Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

A file with all the records contained within an LLPG or LSG (Local Land and Property Gazetteer or Local Street Gazetteer).

Full Supply

A file with all the records contained within an LLPG or LSG (Local Land and Property Gazetteer or Local Street Gazetteer).

Geographic Identifier

Real world location or fixed Object used to assist in the description of a Street or BLPU (Basic Land and Property Unit).  This can be an area name or location, a settlement, a property name or number.

GeoHub

GeoHub is the unification of the core address and streets datasets GeoPlace maintain. It is a system that provides a single source for all addressing and street data requirements.

GeoPlace Address Custodian

The person or persons employed by GeoPlace responsible for the compilation of DCA Address Updates from each LLPG.

GeoPlace Street Custodian

The person or persons employed by GeoPlace responsible for the compilation of DCA Street Updates from each LSG.

GIS (Geographic Information System)

A system which displays digital imagery or mapping.

GMS (Gazetteer Management System)

A system for managing a corporate property or street gazetteer.

HA1980 (Highways Act 1980)

An Act to consolidate the Highways Acts 1959 to 1971 and related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.

HAPAS (Highway Authorities' Product Approval Scheme)

A nationally recognised approval scheme for products and systems used in highway works.

HAUC(UK) (Highways Authority and Utility Committee(UK))

HAUC(UK) brings highway authorities, utilities and government together with the aim of working safely and smartly to reduce the impact of street and road works.

Header

A Record at the start of each COU or Full Supply transfer file.

Health Check

A set of conformance and data quality checks undertaken by GeoPlace and reported to the Authority Address and Street Custodian.

Heavy Commercial Vehicle
A legislative term for a Heavy Goods Vehicle. A vehicle with a weight of over 7.5 tonnes. See also Heavy Goods Vehicle. Section 20 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Height, Width, Weight Designation

A record of the height, weight or width of a physical object associated with a street.

Height, Width, Weight Restriction

The specific type of restriction.

HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle)

HGV.  An HM Revenues and Customs taxation term for a vehicle with a weight of over 3.5 tonnes.  In everyday use, any heavy vehicle.  This term is not used in road traffic legislation.   See also Heavy Commercial Vehicle and Large Goods Vehicle.

Section 238 (4) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.

High Amenity Footway

A footway which has a special surface and which is constructed and maintained to a high standard.

High Duty Footway

A footway designated as a principal route and used by an exceptionally large number of pedestrians or cyclists.

Highway Authority

Any authority responsible for a Highway to be Maintainable at Public Expense.  See also 'Local Highway Authority', 'National/Regional Highway Authority', and 'Highway to be Maintainable at Public Expense'.

Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Highways Act 1980.

Highway Dedication

Makes a street a highway and the description of who is allowed to use it.

Highway Maintainable at Public Expense

A Highway which existed before 31st August 1835 or which is adopted by the Highway Authority since that date.  Note: other Highways are maintained by public bodies which do not fall within this definition.

Section 36 of the Highways Act 1980.

Highway

Any Way over which there is a public right of passage.

Highways England
The government owned company, appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport and set up in 2015. Highways England is charged with driving forward motorways and and trunk roads in Englan. This includes modernising and maintaining the highways, as well as running the network and keeping traffic moving.
Historical BLPU (Historical Basic Land and Property Unit)

A record that has been marked by the Authority Address Custodian as a BLPU not considered existing as an Object.

See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 8, section 6.5.3, table 4 for description.

Historical LPI (Historical Land and Property Idendifier)

A record that has been marked by the Authority Address Custodian as an LPI that is considered not to be current.

See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.

HMO (House in Multiple Occupation)

For full definition, see Appendix J of the DEC-Addresses, found in the Library of the GeoPlace website.

HRWG (Highways Records Working Group)
Highways Records Working Group
ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers)

 The ICE supports civil engineers and technicians by awarding professional qualifications, ensuring they work to high standards, and helping them to develop their careers. Its work also includes many other activities, from inspiring school students about civil engineering to influencing government investment in infrastructure.

IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency)

The body formed in 1998 as the Improvement and Development Agency for local government to work in partnership with all councils in England and Wales, to serve people and places better, to enhance the performance of the best local government authorities, accelerate the speed of improvement of the rest, and develop the sector as a whole.  The IDeA has been subsumed into the Local Government Association.

Improvement Schedules

The Authority Street Updates Improvement Schedule is designed to provide a framework for each Participating Authority to plan improvement to their address and/or street data over a financial year. Each financial year Quality Criteria Rating are consulted upon, reviewed and then appropriately set for the following year to reflect improvement. This process is undertaken with the agreement of the Regional Chairs Address and Street Groups and the Authority Contacts Executive. The objective of the Authority Street Updates Improvement Schedule is to improve the quality of address/street data year on year.

INSPIRE (Infrastructure and Spatial Data in Europe)

The INSPIRE Directive requires the Commission to establish a community geo-portal and the Member States shall provide access to their infrastructures through the geo-portal as well as through any access points they themselves decide to operate.

Internal Administrative Boundary

A parish or a ward boundary.

IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)

Intellectual Property Rights means patents, trademarks, design rights (whether registrable or otherwise), applications for any of the foregoing, copyright, database rights, know how, topography rights, rights of confidence, trade or business names and other similar rights or obligations, whether registrable or not in any country.

IPROW (Institute of Public Rights of Way)

A professional body which represents over 300 individuals who are involved in the management of Public Rights of Way in England, Wales and Scotland

ISMS (Information Security Management Systems)

The governing principle behind an ISMS is that an organization should design, implement and maintain a coherent set of policies, processes and systems to manage risks to its information assets, thus ensuring acceptable levels of information security risk.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

ISO is an independent, non-governmental membership organization and the world's largest developer of voluntary International Standards.

ISWG (Improvement Schedule Working Group)

A technical working group made up of local authority Custodians who work together to produce proposals, content indicators and measures for annual improvement schedules.

ITN (Integrated Transport Network)

Part of the Ordnance Survey MasterMap suite of products. ITN shows the geometry of 550,000 km of motorways, roads and urban paths.

Khub (Knowledge Hub)

The Knowledge Hub is a professional online networking place where members exchange knowledge to improve public services and produce social value. As the UK's largest platform for public service collaboration Knowledge Hub helps members and communities to freely connect, share knowledge, develop initiatives and share expertise in a secure environment.

LAID (Local Authority Identification)

A unique 4 digit identifier assigned by central government to each local authority.  Used for information exchange between central and local government.  For a list of LAIDs, see Appendix B Section 1 of the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses.  Also known as Local Custodian Code.

Lane Rental

A scheme which gives companies who need to close specific part of Streets, to complete highway works, describing financial incentives to make sure it is carried out in a less disruptive way.

See Section 74A of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (inserted by section 255 of the Transport Act 2000).

Lane

In the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses, a Lane is one of the following:

  • A narrow road.

  • A rural road.

  • Part of a road delineated by road markings, for example a bus lane or a cycle lane.

  • A part of a road over which a rental scheme applies.

Sections 74, 74A and 74B of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Large Goods Vehicle

A European legislative term.  See also 'Heavy Goods Vehicle'.

Last Update Date

Date on which a Record was last modified.

Level Crossing

A place where a railway crosses a Road on a level. See Level Crossings Act 1983.

LGA (Local Government Association)

The LGA is the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve local government. It is a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We aim to influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils so they are able to deliver local solutions to national problems.

LGIH (Local Government Information House Limited)

LGIH worked with local government to develop national geographical and spatial information infrastructure projects (company registration number: 03490270).

LHA (Local Highways Authorities)

A highway authority with responsibility for compiling the List of Streets for its area and submitting level 3 street records for its area to the NSG.

See Sections 1, 2, 3 and 36 (6) of the Highways Act 1980.

Line

In the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses, a series of coordinate points between two locations.

List of Streets

A list of highways which are within the area of the Local Highway Authority and which are Highways Maintainable at Public Expense. The origins of the List of Streets lie in public health legislation of 1925 and originally there was only a requirement to hold a list for urban areas; the present obligations were set out in the Highways Act 1980. Some highways are recorded on the List of Streets because they were publicly maintainable highways before 1835. Others were added as a result of later adoptions of one kind or another

See Section 36 of the Highways Act 1980.

LLC (Local Land Charges)

A Local Authority function which forms part of the property conveyance process.

LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)

 A limited liability partnership is a partnership in which some or all partners (depending on the jurisdiction) have limited liabilities. It therefore exhibits elements of partnerships and corporations. In an LLP, one partner is not responsible or liable for another partner's misconduct or negligence

LLPG (Local Land and Property Gazetteer)

The local authority address dataset which is used to supply DCA Address Updates.

LLPG Custodian (Local Land and Property Gazetteer Custodian)

Now known as Authority Address Custodian. See 'Authority Address Custodian'.

Local Boundary

A boundary of a local authority, for example a district authority.

Local Considerations

The necessity to consider objects or living people as part of a request to undertake works.

Local Custodian Code

See 'LAID (Local Authority Identification)'.

Local Maintenance Agreement

An agreement between two Local Highway Authorities to undertake works on behalf of the other.

Logical Status
An indicator of the current status of a specified BLPU or LPI Record in an LLPG. See also BS 7666-2:2006, pages 6 and 9, sections 6.1 and 7.1 for descriptions.
LPI (Land and Property Identifier)

A textual description of a BLPU (Basic Land and Property Unit). See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 2, section 3.5 for definition.

LSG (Local Street Gazetteer)

The local authority street dataset which is used to supply DCA Street Updates (Data Cooperation Agreement Updates).

MAN (Mandatory)
A Field which must be completed.
Metadata

Statement made by data provider of content or quality of data.

Metalled

A Street with a Tarred or other Manmade surface such as concrete, stone or gravel.

Mini Roundabout

A type or form of junction control at which vehicles circulate around a white reflectorized central circular road marking (central island) of between 1 and 4 metres in diameter.

Mini roundabouts good practice guide published by the DfT and County Surveyors Society.  For full details see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mini-roundabouts (accessed October 2015).

Motorway

The most common type of Special Road which is restricted to two classes of vehicles.  See also Special Road.

See Schedule 4, classes I & II of the Highways Act 1980.

MRN (Major Road Network)
There is a proposal to develop a compilation of major local authority roads with the Strategic Road Network (SRN) to create a Major Road Network.
National/Regional Highway Authority

An authority with the responsibility for maintaining public Streets and Streets in their administrative area.  An authority which can submit ASD to the NSG but cannot do the following:

  • Submit a level 3 Street Record.

  • Compile the List of Streets for the Highways which it maintains.

  • Be a Surveying Authority.

See sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Highways Act 1980.

NCR (National Cycle Route)

A national network of cycle routes designated by Sustrans. NCR numbers have no statutory basis.

Network

Within the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses, one of the following:

  • A Road or Path network.

  • A Network controlled by a Local Highway Authority traffic manager.

Sections 16 and 17 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

Northing

A value on the Y axis of the National Grid of Great Britain.  Captured to 1cm resolution.

Notice

Electronic message sent under the EToN process to notify works. See Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications.  Currently v6. 

NRSWA (New Roads and Street Works Act 1991)

The primary legislation for the co-ordination of street works.

NSG (National Street Gazetteer)

The compilation of a list of street information maintained in local authorities and supplied as DCA Street Updates to GeoPlace by Authority Street Custodians.

NSG User (National Street Gazetteer User)

A statutory undertaker of street works duties as defined under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) and by the Department for Transport (DfT). 

Object

A real world entity associated with land and property.

OD file (Operational District Data file)

A data file giving details of all operating organisations in a given area.

Official Address

A combination of name or number in the LPI and associated Street Name that is officially approved by the SNN Authority.

Operational District

An area of a Street Authority allocated for Street Works.

OPT (Optional)
A Field which may be completed.
Organisation Name
Defined in the current GeoPlace DEC-Addresses as: the name on the fascia of a building
OWPA (Object without a Postal Address)

An Object such as recreation ground, open space, public convenience, church or car park that does not receive mail but needs to be recorded within an LLPG.

PAF® (Postcode Address File)

A file maintained by Royal Mail for the purposes of the delivery of mail.

PAO (Primary Addressable Object)
A number and / or a name for the LPI associated with the BLPU. See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 1, section 3.1, for definition.
Parent
A Record which represents the highest level in the hierarchy if two or more BLPUs are represented by LPIs that contain the same entry in the PAO. A Parent Record contains an entry in the PAO but no entry in the SAO.
PROW (Public Right of Way)

One of the following:

A synonym for a Highway, that is, any Way over which there is a public right of passage including those Ways for which there is no statutory method for recording their existence.

One of the four rights recordable on the Definitive Map:

  • Public footpath.

  • Public bridleway.

  • Restricted byway.

  • Byway open to all traffic.

See Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

PSGA Member Licence
The licence entered into by the Authority and OS pursuant to the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA).
Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA)

The Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) is an arrangement between Ordnance Survey and Her Majesty's Government (HMG) - through the Geospatial Commission

QMS (Quality Management System)

A Quality Management System is a collection of business processes focused on achieving quality policy and quality objectives to meet customer requirements. It is expressed as the organizational structure, policies, procedures, processes and resources needed to implement quality management.

RAUC (Scotland) (Roads Authorities and Utilities Committee (Scotland))

The Roads Authorities and Utilities Committee (Scotland) provides, at a national level, co-ordination and an overview of activities carried out on roads under the 'Street Works' element of the New Roads & Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) as amended by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005.

Record
The collection of an ordered set of Fields described in the current version of the DTF.
Reinstatement

The criteria to bring back a Street to its original construction state.

Rejected BLPU (Rejected Basic Land and Property Unit)

A Record that is marked by the Authority Address Custodian as a BLPU that has an incorrect description of a real world Object.

See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 8, section 6.5.3, table 4 for description.

Rejected LPI (Rejected Land and Property Identifier)

A Record that is marked by the Authority Address Custodian as an LPI that has an incorrect description of a real world Object.

See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.

Rights for Cyclist Access

The use of a Street for cycling.

Rights for Equestrian Access

The use of a Street for riding a horse.

Rights for Motorised Vehicle Access

The use of a Street by all types of motor vehicle.

Rights for Non-Motorised Vehicle Access

The use of a Street by non-motorised vehicles.

Rights for Pedestrian Access

The use of a Street for people on foot.

Road

A Way for vehicles.

RPC (Representative Point Code)
A code used to indicate the accuracy of a grid coordinate assigned to a BLPU. See BS 7666-2:2006.
RUPP (Road Used as a Public Path)
An obsolete class of PRoW, abolished in 2000. See Section 47 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
SAON (Secondary Addressable Object Name)

A number and / or a name for the LPI associated with the BLPU. See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 1, section 3.1, for definition.

SED (Special Engineering Difficulty)
Special Engineering Difficulty
Service Road

A minor road for providing services to properties.

Sewer Authority

An authority responsible for sewers.

SNN (Street Naming and Numbering)

Street Naming and Numbering Function performed by an SNN Authority under the statutory legislation, responsible for the approval of all Street Names, property name and numbering schemes within that SNN Authority administrative area.

SNN Authority

A District or Unitary with an SNN responsibility.

SNN Officer

Officer at an SNN Authority responsible for SNN.

Special Designation

A Record that defines the status of a Street with respect to works. A category of ASD. Also known as a type 63 Record.

Special Event

An event that happens only occasionally on the Street.

Special Road

A Highway over which the rights are limited to a selection of eleven possible prescribed classes.

See also Sections 16 to 20 of the Special Roads Act 1949. Schedule 4 of the Highways Act 1980.

Speed Limit

The maximum speed a motor vehicle can legally travel on a Street.

Statutory Undertaker

An organisation with legal powers to carry out works on a highway, for example a utilities company. See Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Strategic Route
A network of strategic routes across England and Wales identified, using criteria set out by the DfT in England and the Welsh Assembly Government in Wales. Such routes are aligned to regional and national transport policies and strategies. Most Strategic Routes, which include Motorways and Trunk Roads, are managed and maintained by Highways England, Transport for London, the South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA) and the North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA). Some Strategic Routes, more likely to be termed Primary Route Network, are managed and maintained by Local Highway Authorities.
Street Authority

The authority, body or person liable to maintain a Street.  If the Street is publicly maintainable then it is a Highway Authority.  Also known as Street Works Authority. 

See Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Street Data

Defined in the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses as data associated with a type 11 or a type 15 Record.

Street Description

Defined in the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses as Text associated with the description of a type 2, 3, 4 or 9 Street in the ASG.

See also BS 7666-1:2006, page 2, section 3.8 for definition.

Street Descriptor
All Fields associated with the type 15 Record in the DTF current version.
Street Lighting

The provision of lighting on the public Highway.

See also BS 5489 2003 and BS EN 13201 2003.

Street Manager

An authority, body or person liable to the public to maintain or repair a street which is not a publicly maintainable highway or, if there is none, an authority, body or person having the management or control of the street.

See also Section 49 (4) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Street Name

Official text approved by the SNN Authority used to describe a type 1 Street.

Street Record

Text used to describe a BLPU which represents the entire Street.

Street type

A value that indicates whether a name, description or number has been used to identify a Street or part of a Street.  This Street type may be recorded numerically with a code of 1, 2, 3 or 4.  A code of 9 is also permitted within the ASG.

See also BS 7666-1:2006, page 11, section 6.7.2, table 4 for definition.

Street Works Authority

See 'Street Authority'. Also see Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Street

Defined in the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses as one of the following:

  • As described in the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991: a highway, road, lane, footway, alley, passage, square or court.

  • As described in Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 s3: any road, square, court, alley, and thoroughfare.

  • As described in BS 7666-1:2006, page 2, section 3.7.

See Section 48 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, and Section 3 of the Towns Improvements Clauses Act 1847.

Subway

A pedestrian underpass beneath a Street.

Surveying Authority
The county council, metropolitan district council or London borough council responsible for maintaining the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
TfL (Transport for London)

The authority responsible for London's overall transport network.

TMA (Traffic Management Act 2004)

An act which details Street works regulations.

Track

An unsurfaced Street (except in Cycle Track, which has a specific legal meaning and has no connotation about the nature of the surface).

Trailer
A Record at the end of each COU or Full Supply transfer file.
Transport Authority Critial Apparatus

Facilities located in the Street for use by the Transport Authority.

Transport Authority

The authority, body or person having the control or management of a transport undertaking. See Section 91(1A) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

TRO (Traffic Regulation Order)

A legal instrument by which traffic management controls are implemented. Road Traffic Regulation Act 1994.

TRSG (Trunk Roads Street Gazetteer)

A gazetteer produced by Highways England parallel to the NSG.

Trunk Road

A Street designated as such by the DfT. Usually a major arterial route. Trunk Roads Act 1936.

TSS (Traffic Sensitive Street)

A Street which is designated as critical to the flow of traffic in the area.  This designation is for the purposes of Street works. Section 64 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Under Appeal

In the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses this describes the legal status of a PRoW where the rights are being challenged. See the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Under Consultation

In the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses this describes the legal status of a PRoW where the rights are being formally consulted upon. See the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Unique Address Reference Number (UARN)
A Unique Address Reference Number (UARN) is a unique identifier assigned to each Council Tax and Non Domestic Rate record from Valuation Office Agency: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/valuation-office-agency
Unitary Council

Defined in the GeoPlace DEC-Addresses as a local authority that has an SNN Authority function and a Local Highway Authority function.

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) establishes the rules for international mail exchanges among its member states.

UPU's website: http://www.upu.int/en.html

Unmetalled
A Street without a tarred or other solid surface.
UPRN (Unique Property Reference Number)
A unique identifier assigned to each BLPU within an LLPG. Also see also BS 7666-2:2006, page 6, section 6.1 for description.
USRN (Unique Street Reference Number)
A unique identifier assigned to each Street within an LLPG and LSG. Also see also BS 7666-1:2006, page 7, section 6.2 for description.
Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
Organisation responsible for the compilation of national registers of rateable property. VOA's website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/valuation-office-agency
Vehicle
A form of transport with wheels.
WAG

Welsh Government

Walkway
A Footpath with public rights and private maintenance liability.  This liability is administered under agreement with the Local Highway Authority. Section 35 of the Highways Act 1980.
Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is a non-ministerial government department which regulates the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales.

Ofwat's website: http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/

Way
A traditional term for any road, street or path.
Welsh Trunk Road Agency
An organisation responsible for maintaining Trunk Roads in Wales.
Whole Road
In ASD Records, the whole length and width of a Street.  Note that in this context, Road has the same meaning as Street and not the definition provided in this glossary of terms.  Also known as Whole Street. Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications v6.
Whole Street
See Whole Road.
Works Promoter
An organisation wishing to carry out Street works.
Additional Street Data (ASD)
Additional information about the type and nature of a Street to be found in an LSG and the NSG.
Addressable Object (name)
AO (n) Generic term used to describe the combination of primary and secondary Addressable Object names.
AO(n)
Addressable Object (name).
Application Cross-reference
Record type used to associate external application references to an LLPG.
Approved BLPU
A BLPU that was approved by the Authority Address Custodian. Also see also BS 7666-2:2006, page 8, section 6.5.3, table 4 for description.
Approved Preferred LPI
A Record that was approved by the Authority Address Custodian as the current LPI associated with the BLPU. Also see BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.
ASD
Additional Street Data.
ASD Updates
Additional Street Data information supplied to GeoPlace.
ASG
Associated Street Gazetteer. Refers to Street information in the LLPG only.
Associated Street Gazetteer (ASG)
Street Gazetteer used for the purposes of an LLPG and is present in GeoPlace. This differs in some areas from an LSG used for the updating of the NSG. Refers to Street information in an LLPG that is present in GeoPlace.
Attribute
A specification that defines the content or value of a Field in a Record.
Authority Address Custodian
Data Cooperation Agreement term – previously referred to as LLPG Custodian. Role responsible for supplying DCA Address Updates from an LLPG.
Authority Street Custodian
Data Cooperation Agreement term – previously referred to as LSG Custodian. Role responsible for supplying DCA Street Updates from an LSG.
Basic Land and Property Unit (BLPU)
A real-world Object recorded within the LLPG. Also see also BS 7666-2:2006, page 1, section 3.2 for definition.
Bridge Authority
An authority responsible for the maintenance of a bridge.
Bridleway
A highway over which the public have the following, but no other, rights of way, that is to say, a right of way on foot and a right of way on horseback or leading a horse, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway. “horse” includes a pony, ass and mule, and “horseback” shall be construed accordingly. Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
British Standards Institution (BSI)
An organisation whose primary purpose is to provide consistent rules and guidelines.
BS 7666:2006
BS 7666:2006 Parts 0, 1 and 2. British Standard used for the compilation and implementation of an LLPG or LSG.
BSI
British Standards Institution.
Byway
One of the following: (1) A general term for a little used minor rural road. (2) A Byway Open to All Traffic. (3) A Restricted Byway.
Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT)
A Highway over which the public have a right of way for vehicular and all other kinds of traffic, but which is used by the public mainly for the purpose for which Footpaths and Bridleways are so used. Section 66(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Cabinet Office (CO)
A government department responsible for, amongst other things, constitutional policy.
Candidate
BLPU and LPI records proposed by licensed users as additions, amendments and changes.
Candidate Submitter
A licensed user permitted to submit Candidates.
Change Only Update (COU)
A file of update Records supplied from an LLPG.
Child
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version.
Classification
A Record which represents the second or subsequent level in the hierarchy if two or more BLPUs are represented by LPIs that contain the same entry in the PAO. A Child Record contains a Parent PAO LPI entry in the PAO and separate name or number in the SAO. For LSG also see –BS7666-1:2006 LSG – The naming scheme of a Classified Road or an attribute of a Street. LLPG - A description of the use or type of a real-world Object represented by a BLPU.
Classified Road
A Street which is assigned a classification prescribed in legislation (M, A or B Roads) or which has been declared to be “Classified” by the Local Highway Authority (C Roads). Any other locally devised classifications do not make a Street into a Classified Road.Section 12 of the Highways Act 1980.Section 27 (4) of the Local Government Act 1966.
CO
Cabinet Office
Comma Separated Value file (CSV file)
A text file with Fields of data separated by commas.
Conditional
Dependent upon the type of the Field being Mandatory or Optional for the data to be present.
Construction
The types and forms of the surfacing layers that shape the structure of the street. Code of Practice, Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways (SROH).
COU
Change Only Update.
Data Transfer Format (BTF)
Comma Separated Value specification used to transfer data to and from GeoPlace.
DCA Participating Authority
A local authority that has entered into a DCA with GeoPlace.
DCA-DEC-CG
The Data Co-operation Agreement - Data Entry Convention - Consultative Group.
Electoral Management System (EMS)
Software application for managing Electoral Registration data.
Electronic Transfer of Notifications (EToN)
A specification for the automatic transfer of information about proposed Street works.
Elementary Street Unit (ESU)
A Record used to spatially define a Street between nodes and / or junctions.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
A standard for the exchange of data across a network.
Highways Datasets
Ordnance Survey MasterMap® Highways Network and OS Open Roads;
LCN (Local Cycle Network)
A local network for cycle users determined, designated and recorded by an LHA. LCN numbers have no statutory basis.
LSG Custodian
Now known as the Authority Street Custodian.
Manmade
A surface that has been made by people and does not exist naturally.
NAG (National Address Gazetteer)
The compilation of a list of address information maintained in local authorities and supplied as DCA Address Updates to GeoPlace by Authority Address Custodians.
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
The primary legislation for the co-ordination of street works.
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey Limited, a company wholly owned by government.
Parking Bays and Restrictions
Places that are marked on the Street and the limitations placed upon them to park vehicles.
Path
A Way for pedestrians, animals or cycles.
Pedestrian Crossing, Traffic Signal and Traffic Sensor
A restriction on traffic movement.
Pedestrian Planning Order
An order made by the Secretary of State, upon application from a local planning authority, to extinguish vehicular rights over a highway for reasons of amenity. Section 249(2) or 2A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Section115a of the Highways Act 1980.
Pedestrian Way
See Footpath.
Pegs/Spade in Ground
To satisfy the legal requirements that “development is taken to be begun on the earliest date on which a material operation is carried out” to progress a planning permission. A material operation is defined in the Act and can include any works of construction, demolition, digging foundations, laying out or constructing a road and a material change in the use of the land. In practice, very minor works are enough to commence a planning permission. These may include pegging out a road or piling, viz Pegs/Spade in Ground. Material operation as defined in Section 56(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Permissive Path
A path which the landowner allows the public to use for a fixed period of time, but usually, with no intention that it should become a PRoW. The public have rights of access by permission of the landowner. Not a Highway. Section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Permit Authority
An authority which is approved by the DfT to manage a Permit Scheme. Sections 32 to 39 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Permit Scheme
A scheme approved by the DfT for managing Street works by means of permits. Section 32 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Physical Obstruction
A continuously permanent obstruction in the Highway of a physical nature, for example, gates, planters, seats.
Planning Order
An order approved by the planning authority to remove vehicle rights from a section of the Highway. Section 249, Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Point
A specific coordinate location.
Polygon
A series of closed coordinate Points that describes a specific area or physical object.
Postal Address
Address which must include a postcode and post town as allocated by Royal Mail in PAF®.
Primary EToN Notice
A notice sent to the Primary Notice Authority. Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications v6.
Primary Notice Authority
The Street or Permit Authority responsible for the co-ordination of Street Works on the specified Street or part Street. In the case of Private Streets this is the Local Highway Authority whose area covers the Private Street. Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications v6.
Primary Route Network
A network of Trunk Roads, and some other A roads, which are designed as the recommended routes for long-distance travel between a series of locations that have been selected by the DfT as Primary Route destinations linked by roads (primary routes) selected by the Local Highway Authority. Guidance on road classification and the primary route network. Published:13 March 2012
Priority Lane
A specific section of Street dedicated to use by certain types of vehicle.
Priority Object
An Object which was identified by GeoPlace in third party source data that requires to be present in GeoHub with the appropriate Classification.
Private Street
A Street over which the public have either no recorded rights of passage or rights which cannot be recorded by either of the legal means of recording public rights (the Definitive Map and List of Streets) and is therefore not maintainable at public expense. It is possible that a Private Street may later be determined to be a Highway.
Private Street Manager
The manager of a Private Street. Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Processing Order
Metadata used in COU file to inform an operator in which order Records should be processed.
Prospectively Maintainable Street
A Street for which an agreement for it to become Maintainable at Public Expense is registered as a Land Charge, for example an agreement made under Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980. Section 87 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Protected Street
A Street where specific permission for works must been granted. Section 61 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Provisional BLPU
A Record that is marked by the Authority Address Custodian as a BLPU held in the LLPG on a temporary basis pending confirmation. Also see also BS 7666-2:2006, page 8, section 6.5.3, table 4 for description.
Provisional LPI
A Record that is marked by the Authority Address Custodian as an LPI description held in the LLPG on a temporary basis pending confirmation. Also see also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.
PRoW Authority
Synonym for Surveying Authority.
PRoW Dedication
A Record of specific rights of over land. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Public Path
A Highway being either a Footpath or a Bridleway. Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Quiet Lane
A legal designation to preserve the rural character of a minor road. Section 268 of the Transport Act 2000.
Quiet Route
A non-statutory designation, including Quiet Lane and anything else an LHA wishes to designate as quiet.
RCR (Regional Cycle Route)
A regional network of cycle routes designated by and based upon Sustrans data. RCR numbers have no statutory basis.
Restricted Byway
A highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way. “restricted byway rights” means (a) a right of way on foot, (b) a right of way on horseback or leading a horse, and (c) a right of way for vehicles other than mechanically propelled vehicles. Section 48 (4) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
Stopped Up
A Street from which the public rights of use have been permanently removed through a legal process, so that it is no longer a Highway. Section116 of the Highways Act 1980. Section 247 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.
Tarred
A Manmade surface impervious to water.
Temporary Diversion
A Public Right of Way which was legally diverted by the Surveying Authority on a temporary basis. Section119 of the Highways Act 1980.
Traffic Management Order
The term used in London for a Traffic Regulation Order.
Traffic Order
A general term for any order to control traffic. It includes: (1)   Traffic Regulation Order, (2)   Traffic Management Order, or (3)   Anti-Terrorist Traffic Order.
Transport for London
TfL. The authority responsible for London’s overall transport network.
VOA
Valuation Office Agency.
Welsh Government
An organisation responsible for maintaining Trunk Roads in Wales.
Working Day
Means Monday to Friday, excluding a bank or public holiday in England and / or Wales. Section 98(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
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