7.2 Abbreviations

Organisations

BTCV: British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
CCS: Countryside Commission for Scotland
CPAu: Coast Protection Authority
MAFF: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
SEDD: Scottish Executive Development Department
SERAD: Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department
SNH: Scottish Natural Heritage

Parliamentary Acts

CPA: Coast Protection Act, 1949
FEPA: Food and Environment Protection Act, 1985
TCPSA: Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1997
WCA: Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981

Water levels

SWL: Still Water Level
HAT: Highest Astronomical Tide
MHWS: Mean High Water of Spring tide
HWMOST: High Water Mark of Ordinary Spring Tides
HWMONT: High Water Mark of Ordinary Neap Tides
MSL: Mean Sea Level
LWMONT: Low Water Mark of Ordinary Neap Tides
LWMOST: Low Water of Ordinary Spring Tides
MLWS: Mean Low Water of Spring tide
LAT: Lowest Astronomical Tide

Environmental designations

AGLV: Areas of Great Landscape Value
ESA: Environmentally Sensitive Area
LNR: Local Nature Reserve
MCA: Marine Consultation Area
MNR: Marine Nature Reserve
NHA: Natural Heritage Areas
NNR: National Nature Reserve
NSA: National Scenic Areas
Ramsar Sites: Wetland habitats site designated under the Ramsar Convention
SAC: Special Area of Conservation
SPA: Special Protection Area
SSSI: Site of Special Scientific Interest

Others

EA: Environmental Assessment
ES: Environmental Statement
GIS: Geographic Information System
GPS: Global Positioning System
OLD: Operations Likely to Damage
PA: Planning Authority
P Dev: Permitted Development