Version 1 - Superseded Planning Scheme

SC3.4 Glossary and abbreviations

Term	Acronym	Definition
Apportionment		The division of costs so that each user pays for their proportional use or planned allocation of the assets needed to provide the Desired Standard of Service.
Assessable demand		The Infrastructure demand for the network, assessed for a development application. This is expressed in Trips for Transport, Impervious Hectares (Imp Ha) for Stormwater, Equivalent persons (EP) for Sewer and Water Services and Equivalent residential lots for Recreation Facilities.
Base date		Date from which a local government has estimated its projected infrastructure demands and costs.
Broad hectare land		Future land supply for residential development within the Urban Expansion and Urban Residential zones. The identified land is known as Broad hectare land and possesses the characteristics of being suitable, potentially available and with servicing intent for water supply and/or sewerage.
Capital works		Infrastructure or other works that ensures the land is suitable for development for its intended purpose
Capital works program		The schedule of works and capital costs outlined in the Plans for Trunk Infrastructure and associated Infrastructure Schedules
Charge Rate	CR	Rate applied to development in accordance with Council Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution (AICR)
Contributions catchment		A generic reference to water supply regions/zones, sewerage catchments/sub catchments, stormwater catchments, transport sectors and open space
Cost Impact Assessment Policy	CIA	Cost Impact assessments (undertaken on applications that are in any way inconsistent with the assumptions contained in the planning scheme) will be undertaken in accordance with Council Cost Impact Assessment Policy
Defined water/sewer service area		The area declared under sections 161 -163 of the Water Supply (safety and Reliability) Act for provision of retail water services and/or sewerage services to customers. Areas within the service area will generally be able to be connected directly and separately to the service provider's infrastructure for the area
Degree of Saturation	DOS	The degree of saturation (used in regards to transport modelling) is the arrival flow divided by the entry (absorption) capacity of a lane or intersection.
		Unit of demand that applies to each type of infrastructure to express the demand
Offsets		An amount offset against the Infrastructure Charge for the relevant infrastructure network to recognise the value (less any contingency amounts) of land or items of trunk infrastructure supplied as part of a development.
Development sequences		A time period used for Planning Assumptions e.g. 2011 – 2016 and timeframe where the identified land may be made available for development.
Developable area		The area of land available for development. It does not include land that cannot be developed due to constraints such as conservation land, flood affected land or steep slope.
Discounting		The process of expressing the value of a future asset (or revenue stream) in present day terms.
Discounted value		The present value of a future asset.
Equivalent Tenement	ET	A property-based unit of measurement used to indicate infrastructure demand. The demand from a property, with a single detached dwelling is 1 ET.
Equivalent Person	EP	A unit of measurement used for determining water demand or the quality and/or quantity of sewerage discharge for a person in a detached house/dwelling.
Estimated Resident Population	ERP	The estimated total population less visitors.
Extrinsic material		All relevant background studies and reports prepared in relation to the preparation of an LGIP, e.g. planning reports documenting the network planning, preparation of demand generation rates and report(s) documenting the preparation of the planning assumptions.
Fee simple		Outright, unqualified ownership of real estate, free of any liens or other claims against title.
First principles assessment		The process for determining the demand generated by development which is significantly different to those land uses envisaged in the LGIP.
Fraction impervious		The part of a catchment / site which is the impervious area, expressed as a decimal or percentage.
Future investigation		Areas identified in the LGIP as possible urban expansion areas for specific uses, Areas subject to further investigation. Investigation areas are not included in planning assumptions or in the PIA.
Future urban expansion areas		Areas identified for urban growth for specific uses and included in the planning assumptions and PIA.
Impervious area		A surface or area within a Stormwater drainage catchment where the majority of rainfall will become runoff (no infiltration).
Infrastructure agreements register		A register of all Infrastructure Agreements in the Council Area.
Infrastructure credit		The credit which may be attributed for previous contributions or an existing lawful use or existing lawful right permitted under the current Planning Scheme, on the site at the time of lodging the application. Infrastructure credits are determined for each network.
Impervious fraction		The proportion of a site from which rainfall will become runoff (i.e. no infiltration)
LGIP Planning assumptions		The assumptions about the type, scale, location and timing of future urban growth, which have informed preparation of the LGIP.
Planned capacity		Capacity which may exist within the existing trunk infrastructure assets and which is required to service future planned growth.
Planned demand		The demand expected (in size, form, location and sequencing) based on Council's Planning Scheme and LGIP Planned Infrastructure calculations.
Planning scheme		Gladstone Regional Council Planning Scheme (2014)
Planned trunk infrastructure		Trunk infrastructure that is included in Council's capital works program and contained in reports and strategies (PFTI), reviewed from time to time.
Present Value	PV	Value on a given date of a series of future cash flows, discounted to reflect the time value of money. The present value is calculated as at the base date.
Planning and Forecasting Information Unit	PIFU	The Department of Infrastructure and Planning's business unit responsible for forecasting growth across Queensland
Proposed application demand		Infrastructure demand calculated for a specific proposed development and site.
Redevelopments		Development on developed land where the intensity or density of the land is increased.
State infrastructure plans		Plans for the supply of State infrastructure in a Local Government area prepared by the supplier of the State infrastructure.
Statistical Local Area	SLA	An Australian Standard Geographical Classification defined area.
Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices	SQIDS	Infrastructure that serves the function of improving stormwater quality.
Trips		The number of trips generated from a traffic district between a generator and attractor (or from origin to destination) as a single trip
Traffic district		A sector or series of sectors identified within the traffic modelling as being representative of a broader pattern of traffic use within a given area.
Unplanned trunk infrastructure		Infrastructure that is not illustrated within Council's Plans for Trunk Infrastructure (PFTI).
Ultimate development		The realistic extent of development anticipated to be achieved when a site (or locality) is fully developed.