Management Plan 2026 - 2031

Glossary of terms and abbreviations

AONB

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The legal designation, though AONBs have had a new public facing name since November 2023. 

CPRE

Campaign for the Protection of Rural England 

CRoW

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 

DCO 

Development Control Order 

Defra 

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 

Devonian 

Geologic period 416 to 359 million years ago 

DPD 

Development Plan Document 

Ecosystem services 

The range of beneficial resources and processes supplied by the natural environment 

EIP 

Environmental Improvement Plan 

ELC 

European Landscape Convention 

ELMS 

Environmental Land Management Schemes 

Ephemeral ponds 

Rare and small-sized wetlands that experience distinct wet and dry phases, often becoming inundated seasonally and supporting diverse biological communities influenced by their hydraulic states and surrounding environments.  

FC 

Forestry Commission 

FE 

Forestry England 

FWAG-SW 

Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West 

IUCN 

International Union for Conservation of Nature 

LCA 

Landscape Character Assessment 

LNRS 

Local Nature Recovery Strategy. A strategy to be written by a lead Responsible Authority e.g. unitary council, in partnership with relevant stakeholders,  

Natural Capital 

The stock of renewable and non-renewable natural resources e.g. plants, animals, air, water, soils, minerals that provide benefits to people. 

NbS 

Nature-based solutions.  

NCA 

National Character Areas 

NE 

Natural England 

NFM 

Natural Flood Management 

NGO 

Non-Governmental Organisation 

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NLs 

National Landscapes. The public name for AONBs as of November 2023 as recommended by the Landscape Review 2019 and sponsored by Defra.  

NLA 

National Landscape Association 

NPs 

National Parks 

NPPF 

National Planning Policy Framework 

NT 

National Trust 

PLTOF 

Protected Landscapes Targets and Outcome Framework 

SAC 

Special Area of Conservation 

SEA 

Strategic Environmental Assessment 

Section 41 

Section 41 species refers to those species of principal importance for biodiversity

conservation in England as mandated by the NERC Act 2006 

SEOs 

Statement of Environmental Opportunity 

SIP 

Site improvement plans 

SSSI 

Site of Special Scientific Interest 

Swaling 

Term used to describe planned and controlled heather burning undertaken during the winter period 

25EP 

25-year Environment Plan 

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