Terms Used in Community Strategy Progress Report
(February 2005 - March 2006)
Affordable homes
Housing built (usually by a Housing Association) for sale or
rent at a price level below market rate and kept in this use.
Call and Go
A bookable bus service for people with disabilities and people
who do not live close to a bus stop, using vehicles that have easy
access entrances for passengers. The buses are capable of carrying
people in their wheelchairs or with scooters and are easily
accessible to parents with buggies.
Common Bond
A Common Bond is something that all the members of a Credit
Union (see below) must have in common. For example, the common bond
of living or working in a particular community. The Common Bond is
important since only those people who fulfil the criteria can
become members of the Credit Union (see below).
Credit Union
A non-profit-making financial co-operative whose members can
borrow money at low interest rates. It is owned, run and controlled
by its members. Credit Unions are unique in that they are not owned
by any one person or organisation but by all the people that use
them. All members are equal irrespective of the amount of money
they have invested in the Credit Union. Every member has an equal
say in the running of their Credit Union - one member, one vote.
The Leigh Park Credit Union was funded by the Single Regeneration
Budget (see below).
Gateways
Access routes into towns.
Housing Allocations Guidance
Guidance central government gives to Local Authorities about
how housing owned by Local Authorities and Registered Social
Landlords should be allocated.
Major Development Area
Large-scale mixed-use development in which provision is made
for the development of transport, housing, employment, health,
community and social facilities; and for shopping, education,
formal and informal recreation and leisure facilities and other
identified local needs.
Masterplan
An overall, comprehensive plan, drawn to an appropriate scale,
showing the position of major land uses and landmark buildings, for
a specific area.
Quality Bus Partnership
Partners such as bus companies, the Highway Authority
(Hampshire County Council) and local authorities work together to
improve a bus service, for example by improving frequency of buses,
the buses themselves, bus stops, kerbs.
Registered Social Landlord
The legal term for Housing Associations, which are voluntary,
not-for-profit bodies established to provide affordable housing
(see above) and subject to regulation by the Housing
Corporation.
School Travel Plan
A programme and partnership which aims to reduce car travel,
improve safety and the environment for walkers and cyclists, help
improve facilities for walkers and cyclists and help improve bus
and train services. It is an outline of the school's needs and
problems regarding travel to and from school and is set out in a
document written by the school.
Urban Design Framework
A set of drawings and reports for the design of buildings,
groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes in towns and cities and
the policies and processes which will bring about successful
development.
Workplace Travel Plan
A workplace travel plan is a package of initiatives to help
employers tackle different aspects of transport, including commuter
journeys, business travel and fleet management. It can
include:
- measures that encourage employees to travel to work by public
transport
- measures that encourage cycling and walking to work
- a flexible benefits package, to provide alternatives to a
company car that are attractive to employees and do not cost
employers any more
- a review of standard working hours, or encouraging working from
home
- a car-sharing scheme
- I.T. equipment to reduce business travel (such as video
conferencing).