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List of Abbreviations AADT

Annual Average Daily Traffic

ADMS

Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling System

AOD

Above Ordnance Datum

AQMA

Air Quality Management Area

AQS

Air Quality Strategy

AURN

Automated Urban and Rural Network

AWB

Artificial Water Body

BAFB

Best And Final Bid

BAP

Biodiversity Action Plan

BC

Borough Council

BCT

Bat Conservation Trust

BGS

British Geological Survey

BPM

Best Practicable Means

BRC

Biological Records Centre

BS

British Standard

BWB

British Waterways Board

C

Carbon

CA

Conservation Area

CABE

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

CAMS

Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies

CIRIA

Construction Industry Research and Information Association

CLR

Contaminated Land Report

CO

Carbon Monoxide

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CoCP

Code of Construction Practise

CoPA

Control of Pollution Act

CRN

Calculation of Rail Noise

CRoW

Countryside and Rights of Way

dB

Decibel

DC

District Council

Defra

Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs

DETR

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

DfT

Department for Transport

DM

Do Minimum

DMRB

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges

DoE

Department of the Environment

DS

Do Something

DWG

Drawing

DXF

Drawing Exchange Format

EA

Environment Agency

EC

European Commission

EDF

Électricité de France

EEC

European Economic Community

EFT

Emission Factors Toolkit

EH

English Heritage

EHD

Environmental Health Department

EHO

Environmental Health Officer

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

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EMP

Environmental Management Plan

EOI

Expression of Interest

EPA

Environmental Protection Act

EPS

European Protected Species

EPUK

Environmental Protection United Kingdom

ES

Environmental Statement

EU

European Union

FC

Football Club

FDC

Flood Drainage Consent

FFD

Freshwater Fish Directive

FRA

Flood Risk Assessment

GHS

Garden History Society

GIM

Geotechnical Interpretive Memo

GIS

Geographical Information Systems

GLA

Greater London Authority

GLVIA

Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

GRP

Glass Reinforced Plastic

HA

Highways Agency

HC

Hydrocarbons

HCA

Historic Character Area

HCC

Hertfordshire County Council

HDV

Heavy Duty Vehicle

HGV

Heavy Goods Vehicle

HMWB

Heavily Modified Water Body

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IEEM

Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

IEMA

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

IOA

Institute of Acoustics

JNCC

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

LAQM

Local Air Quality Management

LB

Listed Building

LBAP

Local Biodiversity Action Plan

LCA

Landscape Character Area

LCA

Land Compensation Act

LDF

Local Development Framework

LEHART

London Essex and Hertfordshire Amphibian and Reptile Trust

LGS

Local Geological Sites

LGV

Larger Goods Vehicle

LNR

Local Nature Reserve

l/s/ha

Litres per Second per Hectare

LU

London Underground

LUL

London Underground Limited

MAGIC

Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside

MSBC

Major Scheme Business Case

NAQIA

National Air Quality Information Archive

NE

Natural England

N

Nitrogen

NGR

National Grid Reference

NIR

Noise Insulation Regulations

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NO2

Nitrogen Dioxide

NOX

Nitrogen Oxide

NR

National Rail

NRSWA

New Roads and Street Works Act

NSIP

National Station Improvement Programme

NSRI

National Soil Resources Institute

ODPM

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

OEJU

Official Journal of the European Union

OS

Ordnance Survey

PAH

Poly-Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PCB

Poly-Chlorinated Biphenyls

PM

Particulate Matter

POS

Public Open Space

PPC

Pollution Prevention Control

PPG

Planning Policy Guidance

PPS

Planning Policy Statement

PPV

Peak Particle Velocity

PRA

Preliminary Risk Assessment

PRoW

Public Right of Way

RBMP

River Basin Management Plan

RCHME

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

RIGS

Regionally Important Geological or Geomorphological Sites

SATURN

Simulation and Assignment of Traffic to Urban Road Networks

SDG

Steer Davies Gleave

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SFRA

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

SFRM

Strategic Flood Risk Mapping

SoS

Secretary of State

SPG

Supplementary Planning Guidance

SPZ

Source Protection Zone

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

TA

Transport Assessment

TMP

Traffic Management Plan

TPH

Trains Per Hour

TRDC

Three Rivers District Council

TW

Thames Water

TWA

Transport and Works Act

TWAO

Transport and Works Act Order

TWR

Transport and Works Rules

UK

United Kingdom

VDV

Vibration Dose Value

WBC

Watford Borough Council

WFD

Water Framework Directive

WML

Waste Management Licensing

WSI

Written Scheme of Investigation

ZVI

Zone of Visual Influence

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