Glossary
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- Section 106search for term
- (S106) allows a local planning authority (LPA) to enter into a legally-binding agreement or planning obligation with a property developer for the benefit of the community
- Sinking fundsearch for term
- refers to money that is put aside every year from an regular income to cover the cost of major expenses, such as periodical or long term structural repairs
- Sinking fundssearch for term
- refers to money that is put aside every year from an regular income to cover the cost of major expenses, such as periodical or long term structural repairs
- Social capitalsearch for term
- the networks and trust between people that help a community work together towards shared objectives
- Social enterprisesearch for term
- A social enterprise
is a profit-making businesses set up to tackle a social or environmental need - Social enterprisessearch for term
- Social enterprises are profit-making businesses set up to tackle a social or environmental need
- Social infrastructuresearch for term
- refers to the range of activities, organisations and facilities supporting the formation, development and maintenance of social relationships in a community
- Stakeholdersearch for term
- A person or an organisation with a legitimate interest in a given situation, action or enterprise
- Stakeholderssearch for term
- A group of people or an organisation with a legitimate interest in a given situation, action or enterprise
- Stewardshipsearch for term
- refers, in this context, to the ongoing process of managing, maintaining and tending a community
- Stewardship organisationsearch for term
- an organisation, sometime charitable, that has a specific role to manage community assets into the long-term for the benefit of the local population as a whole
- Stewardship organisationssearch for term
- are organisations, sometime charitable, that have a specific role to manage community assets into the long-term for the benefit of the local population as a whole
- Sustainable communitiessearch for term
- Sustainable communities meet the social, economic and environmental needs of existing residents without reducing the same opportunities for future generations
- Sustainable Community Strategysearch for term
- local authorities in England and Wales are required to produce a community strategy to promote the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of their areas, achieving sustainable communities.
- Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems search for term
- (SUDS) are designed to mimic the natural drainage of a site to reduce the impact of buildings and their surroundings on the environment