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terms of availability, location, quality and demand. A full Review would acknowledge and take into account as appropriate all up to date strategy/policy documents from across Government.

13.3 This process of Monitoring and Review is particularly important given the proposal to make provision for future housing needs on the basis of a process of 'Plan, Monitor and Manage' as outlined in Chapter 8 (Housing). Under this, the phasing of the release of sites proposed for housing in the Area Plans would be based on maintaining an adequate supply of housing sites with the focus on securing development on brownfield sites, previously developed land and sites within existing settlements before releasing greenfield sites. Such phasing includes the identification of sites as 'Strategic Reserves' in Area Plans. This approach, which includes the preparation of appropriate development briefs, allows land to be allocated for residential as well as other uses such as employment, but held 'in reserve' until such time as they are required.

Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2011 - 2026

Annual Monitoring Five Yearly Review

APPENDICES

CONTENTS

1. Definitions and Glossary of Terms
2. Relationship between Strategic Objectives and Strategic Policies
3. Settlement Pattern
4. Guidance on Requirements for the Undertaking of a Flood Risk Assessment
5. Environmental Impact Assessment
6. Open Space Requirements for New Residential Development
7. Parking Standards
8. Existing and Approved Dwellings by Local Authority Area
9. Employment Land Availability

APPENDIX 1

DEFINITIONS AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Areas of Ecological Importance or Interest
Sites designated in Local and Area Plans which serve to protect areas known to house important species or those which act as habitat corridors between such areas.

Area Plan
See Development Plan.

Backland development
Development on land at the back of existing properties, usually on what were the back gardens, and often without a separate road frontage.

Business Parks
A development encompassing land for light industrial purposes, warehousing, new-technology companies involved in scientific, commercial, or industrial research or development and office accommodation as the corporate headquarters of companies having multiple and diverse interests (but excluding financial/professional services to visiting members of the public); buildings should be set in parkland which should dominate the landscape.

Conservation area
Has the meaning accorded to it by Section 18 of the 1999 Town and Country Planning Act.

Curtilage
The area of land attached to and around a building, used with the building and within which the building is set (e.g. the garden and driveways of a house, the storage yard of a factory). Land used with a building but severed from it by, say, a highway or service lane is not part of the curtilage of that building.

Development Plan
The Development Plan consists of a Strategic Plan (this document) and one or more Area Plans, as defined in the Section 2 of the 1999 Town and Country Planning Act. It is the Department's intention to prepare four Area Plans for the South, East, North and West of the Island.

Energy Impact Statement
An assessment, prepared by the developer/applicant, of the impacts of the development in terms of energy consumption, and proposals for reducing that consumption and improving the energy efficiency of the development.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
The means of assessing the impacts (good and bad) of a proposed development on the environment, prepared by, or on behalf of, the developer/applicant. An EIA should aim to ensure that the planning decision is made in the knowledge of all the likely environmental effects of the development, and of the proposals for mitigating adverse effects and enhancing positive effects.

Flood Risk Assessment
A document which assesses the likelihood of flooding in a particular area, so that judgements can be made about the feasibility of flood mitigation measures and whether development should be allowed or not.

Floor Space and Floor Area (see Housing Policy 13-15)
Where there are references to "floor space" and "floor area", the space or area in question should be measured externally, and should not include attics or outbuildings.

Green gaps (see Spatial Policy 7)
In the context of Spatial Policy 7, "green gap" means an open area which serves to maintain the distinction between settlements; prevents the coalescence or merging of settlements; and may provide recreational opportunities.

Habitable status (see Housing Policy 12)
In the context of Housing Policy 12, "habitable status" means whether or not a building which has previously been occupied as a dwelling may be re-occupied as such without the need for planning permission for that use.

Infill development
Building on a relatively small site in between two existing buildi