Version 2 - Current Planning Scheme

SC3.4 Glossary and abbreviations

Term	Acronym	Definition
Base date		Date from which a local government has estimated its projected infrastructure demands and costs.
Capital works		Infrastructure or other works that ensures the land is suitable for development for its intended purpose.
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.
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.
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.
Fraction impervious		The part of a catchment / site which is the impervious area, expressed as a decimal or percentage.
Impervious area		A surface or area within a Stormwater drainage catchment where the majority of rainfall will become runoff (no infiltration).
Impervious fraction		The proportion of a site from which rainfall will become runoff (i.e. no infiltration).
Planning scheme		Our Place Our Plan Gladstone Regional Council Planning Scheme, Version 2
Statistical Local Area	SLA	An Australian Standard Geographical Classification defined area.
Trips		The number of trips generated from a traffic district between a generator and attractor (or from origin to destination) as a single trip.
Ultimate development		The realistic extent of development anticipated to be achieved when a site (or locality) is fully developed.