Access Road
A Street whose main function is to give access to properties rather than provide a through route.
ACI
Address Change Intelligence.
Additional Street Data
ASD. Additional information about the type and nature of a Street to be found in an LSG and the NSG.
Address Change Intelligence
Generic term used to identify all address change created within a local authority which must be captured within an LLPG function to ensure the gazetteer is maintained as the single corporate address change intelligence resource for the DCA Participating Authority.
Addressable Object
Object referenced by an address for inclusion in the LLPG. Addressable Object list defined in Appendix C.
See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 1, section 3.1, for definition.
Addressable Object (name)
AO (n) Generic term used to describe the combination of primary and secondary Addressable Object names.
Alternative LPI
A number and / or name in common use but not approved by the SNN Authority for the LPI associated with the BLPU.
See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.
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.
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.
See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.
ASD
Additional Street Data.
ASD Updates
ASD street 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.
Authority Address Custodian
DCA term – previously referred to as LLPG Custodian. Role responsible for supplying DCA Address Updates from an LLPG.
Authority Street Custodian
DCA term – previously referred to as LSG Custodian. Role responsible for supplying DCA Street Updates from an LSG.
Attribute
A specification that defines the content or value of a Field in a Record.
Basic Land and Property Unit
BLPU. A real-world Object recorded within the LLPG.
See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 1, section 3.2 for definition.
BLPU
Basic Land and Property Unit.
BOAT
Byway Open to All Traffic
Section 66(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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.
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version.
Child
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.
Classification
LLPG - A description of the use or type of a real-world Object represented by a BLPU.
LSG – The naming scheme of a Classified Road or an attribute of a Street.
LSG –BS7666-1:2006
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.
Also see - [www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315783/road-classification-guidance.pdf] (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315783/road-classification-guidance.pdf) (accessed December 2015)
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.
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.
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version.
County Council
In this Reference Manual a local authority that does not have an SNN Authority function but does have a Local Highway Authority function.
CSV file
Comma Separated Value file.
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. The term does not imply the existence of public rights, although it is possible that they exist.
Data Co-operation Agreement
DCA. An agreement between local government and GeoPlace for the supply of address and street information.
Data Source
The source of the Application Cross-reference. An external dataset that is linked to or provides a source of ACI.
Data Transfer Format
DTF. Comma Separated Value specification used to transfer data to and from GeoPlace.
DCA
Data Co-operation Agreement.
DCA Address Updates
DCA Participating Authority address information supplied to GeoPlace.
DCA-DEC-CG
The Data Co-operation Agreement - Data Entry Convention - Consultative Group.
DCA Participating Authority
A local authority that has entered into a DCA with GeoPlace.
DCA Street Updates
DCA Participating Authority street information supplied to GeoPlace.
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
Department for Transport
DfT. The government department responsible for the transport network.
DfT
Department for Transport.
District
An operational district in Street Works.
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 Authority function but does not have a Local Highway Authority function.
District Maintaining
The operational District responsible for maintaining a Street.
DTF
Data Transfer Format.
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version or GeoPlace DTF8.1 for Streets current version.
Easting
A value on the X axis of the National Grid of Great Britain. Captured to a 1cm resolution.
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.
Emergency Vehicle
Police car, ambulance, fire engine, Coastguard or Mountain Rescue.
EMS
Electoral Management System.
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 recorded in 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.
EToN
Electronic Transfer of Notifications.
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
A comma separated text file or XML file transferred as a COU or Full Supply.
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version or GeoPlace DTF8.1 for Streets current version.
File Transfer Protocol
FTP. A standard for the exchange of data across a network.
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.
Section 66 of the Highways Act 1980.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol.
Full Supply
A file with all the Records contained within an LLPG or LSG.
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version or GeoPlace DTF8.1 for Streets current version.
Geographic Identifier
Real world location or fixed Object used to assist in the description of a Street or BLPU. This can be an area name or location, a settlement, a property name or number.
Geographic Information System
GIS. A system which displays digital imagery or mapping.
GIS
Geographic Information System.
GeoPlace
A public sector limited liability partnership between the Local Government Association and Ordnance Survey.
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.
HEADER
A Record at the start of each COU or Full Supply transfer file.
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version or GeoPlace DTF8.1 for Streets current version.
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.
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.
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.
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
Any Way over which there is a public right of passage.
Highway Authority
Any Authority responsible for a Highway to be Maintainable at Public Expense. See also Local Highway Authority and National or Regional Highway Authority.
Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Highways Act 1980.
Highway Dedication
Makes a Street a Highway and the description of who can 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.
Highways England
A government owned company appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport. The company is responsible for Motorways and trunk roads in England.
Infrastructure Act 2015
Historical BLPU
A Record that was 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
A Record that was 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.
House in Multiple Occupation
HMO. For full definition, see Appendix J of the DEC-Addresses.
HMO
House in Multiple Occupation.
Internal Administrative Boundary
A parish or a ward boundary.
LAID
Local Authority Identification.
Land and Property Identifier
LPI. A textual description of a BLPU.
See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 2, section 3.5 for definition.
Lane
In this Reference Manual one of the following:
(1) A narrow road.
(2) A rural road.
(3) Part of a road delineated by road markings, for example a bus lane or a cycle lane.
(4) 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.
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.
Section 74A of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (inserted by section 255 of the Transport Act 2000).
Large Goods Vehicle
A European legislative term. See also Heavy Goods Vehicle.
Last Update Date
Date on which a Record was last modified.
GeoPlace DTF7.3 for Addresses current version or GeoPlace DTF8.1 for Streets current version.
LCN
Local Cycle Network
Level Crossing
A place where a railway crosses a Road on a level.
Level Crossings Act 1983.
LHA
Local Highway Authority.
Line
In this Reference Manual 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.
Section 36 of the Highways Act 1980.
LLC
Local Land Charges.
LLPG
Local Land and Property Gazetteer.
LLPG Custodian
Now known as 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 Local Authority Identification.
Local Cycle Network
LCN. A local network for cycle users determined, designated and recorded by an LHA. LCN numbers have no statutory basis.
Local Authority Identification
LAID. 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. Also known as Local Custodian Code.
Local Highway Authority
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.
Sections 1, 2, 3 and 36 (6) of the Highways Act 1980.
Local Land and Property Gazetteer
LLPG. The local authority address dataset which is used to supply DCA Address Updates.
Local Land Charges
LLC. A local authority function which forms part of the property conveyance process.
Local Custodian Code
See Local Authority Identification or LAID.
Local Maintenance Agreement
An agreement between two Local Highway Authorities to undertake works on behalf of the other.
Local Street Gazetteer
LSG. The local authority street dataset which is used to supply DCA Street Updates.
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.
See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 2, section 3.5 for definition.
LSG
Local Street Gazetteer.
LSG Custodian
Now known as the Authority Street Custodian.
MAN
Mandatory.
Mandatory
MAN. A Field which must be completed.
DTF current version.
Manmade
A surface that has been made by people and does not exist naturally.
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 [Mini roundabouts good practice guide published by the DfT and County Surveyors Society. For full details see www.gov.uk/government/publications/mini-roundabouts
Motorway
The commonest type of Special Road which is restricted to two classes of vehicles. See also Special Road.
Schedule 4, classes I & II of the Highways Act 1980.
National Cycle Route
NCR. A national network of cycle routes designated by and based upon Sustrans data. NCR numbers have no statutory basis.
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.
Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Highways Act 1980.
NCR
National Cycle Route.
National Street Gazetteer
NSG. The compilation of a list of street information maintained in local authorities and supplied as DCA Street Updates to GeoPlace by Authority Street Custodians.
Network
In this Reference Manual 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.
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
The primary legislation for the co-ordination of street works.
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.
Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications. Currently v6.
NRSWA
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
NSG
National Street Gazetteer.
NSG 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).
The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA)
Object
A real-world entity associated with land and property.
Object without a Postal Address
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.
OD file
Operational District Data file.
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.
Operational District Data file
OD file. A data file giving details of all operating organisations in each area.
Optional
OPT. A Field which may be completed.
DTF current version.
OPT
Optional.
Organisation Name
The name on the fascia of a building.
OWPA
Object without a Postal Address.
PAF®
Postcode Address File.
PAO
Primary Addressable Object.
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.
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
In this Reference Manual a specific coordinate location.
Polygon
In this Reference Manual 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®.
Postcode Address File
PAF®. Postcode Address File. A file maintained by Royal Mail for the purposes of the delivery of mail.
Primary Addressable Object
PAO. 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.
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.
DfT: 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.
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.
See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.
PRoW
Public Right of Way.
Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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.
Public Right of Way
PRoW. One of the following:
(1) 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.
(2) One of the four rights recordable on the Definitive Map:
- Public footpath
- Public bridleway
- Restricted byway
- Byway open to all traffic.
Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Section 48 (4) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
Quiet Lane
A legal designation to preserve the rural character of a minor road.
S268 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
Record
The collection of an ordered set of Fields described in the current version of the DTF.
Reference Manual
Reference to this document’s name.
Regional Cycle Route
RCR. A regional network of cycle routes designated by and based upon Sustrans data. RCR numbers have no statutory basis.
Rejected BLPU
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
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.
Reinstatement
The criteria to bring back a Street to its original construction state.
Representative Point Code
RPC. A code used to indicate the accuracy of a grid coordinate assigned to a BLPU.
BS 7666-2:2006.
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.
Rights for Motorised Vehicle Access
The use of a Street by all types of motor vehicle.
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 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.
Road Used as a Public Path
RUPP. An obsolete class of PRoW abolished in 2000.
Section 47 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
RPC
Representative Point Code
RUPP
Road Used as a Public Path.
SAON
Secondary Addressable Object Name.
SED
Special Engineering Difficulty.
Service Road
A minor road for providing services to properties.
Sewer Authority
An authority responsible for sewers.
Secondary Addressable Object Name
SAO. 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.
SNN
Street Naming and Numbering.
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.
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.
Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
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.
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
In this Reference Manual one of the following:
(1) As described in the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991: …” the whole or part of any of the following, irrespective of whether it is a thoroughfare –
- Any highway, road, lane, footway, alley or passage,
- Any square or court and
- Any land laid out as a way whether it is for the time being formed as a way or not
Where a street passes over a bridge or through a tunnel, references in this Part to the street include that bridge or tunnel…”.
(2) As described in Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 s3: any road, square, court, alley, and thoroughfare.
(3) As described in BS 7666-1:2006, page 2, section 3.7.
Section 48 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Section 3 of the Towns Improvements Clauses Act 1847.
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.
Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Street Data
Data associated with a type 11 or a type 15 Record.
Street Description
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.
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.
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 Naming and Numbering
SNN. 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.
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 was 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.
Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
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.
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.
TfL
Transport for London.
TMA
Traffic Management Act 2004.
TRAILER
A Record at the end of each COU or Full Supply transfer file.
DTF current version.
Track
An unsurfaced Street (except in Cycle Track, which has a specific legal meaning and has no connotation about the nature of the surface).
Traffic Management Act 2004
TMA. An act which details Street works regulations.
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.
Traffic Regulation Order
TRO. A legal instrument by which traffic management controls are implemented.
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1994.
Traffic Sensitive Street
TSS. A Street which is designated as critical to the flow of traffic in the area. This Mandatory designation is for the purposes of Street works.
Section 64 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Section 5.4.2 of the CoP (Co-ordination of Streetworks (Works for Road Purposes and Related Matters))
Transport Authority
The authority, body or person having the control or management of a transport undertaking.
Section 91(1A) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Transport Authority Critical Apparatus
Facilities located in the Street for use by the Transport Authority.
Transport for London
TfL. The authority responsible for London’s overall transport network.
TRSG
Trunk Roads Street Gazetteer.
TRO
Traffic Regulation Order.
Trunk Road
A Street designated as such by the DfT. Usually a major arterial route.
Trunk Roads Act 1936.
Trunk Roads Street Gazetteer
TRSG. A gazetteer produced by Highways England parallel to the NSG.
TSS
Traffic Sensitive Street.
Under Appeal
The legal status of a PRoW where the rights are being challenged.
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Under Consultation
The legal status of a PRoW where the rights are being formally consulted upon.
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Unitary Council
In this Reference Manual a local authority that has an SNN Authority function and a Local Highway Authority function.
Unique Street Reference Number
USRN. A unique identifier assigned to each Street within an LLPG and LSG.
DTF current version. See also BS 7666-1:2006, page 7, section 6.2 for description.
Unique Property Reference Number
UPRN. A unique identifier assigned to each BLPU within an LLPG.
DTF for Addresses current version. See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 6, section 6.1 for description.
Unmetalled
A Street that has not been Manmade.
UPRN
Unique Property Reference Number.
USRN
Unique Street Reference Number.
Valuation Office Agency
VOA. Organisation responsible for the compilation of national registers of rateable property.
Vehicle
A form of transport with wheels.
VOA
Valuation Office Agency.
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.
Way
A traditional term for any road, street or path.
Welsh Assembly Government
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.
Working Day
means Monday to Friday, excluding a bank or public holiday in England and / or Wales.
Section 98(2) of NRSWA
Works Promoter
An organisation wishing to carry out Street works.