PAF® (Postcode Address File)
A file maintained by Royal Mail for the purposes of the delivery of mail.
PAO (Primary Addressable Object)
A number and / or a name for the LPI associated with the BLPU. See also BS 7666-2:2006, page 1, section 3.1, for definition.
Parent
A Record which represents the highest level in the hierarchy if two or more BLPUs are represented by LPIs that contain the same entry in the PAO. A Parent Record contains an entry in the PAO but no entry in the SAO.
PROW (Public Right of Way)
One of the following:
A synonym for a Highway, that is, any Way over which there is a public right of passage including those Ways for which there is no statutory method for recording their existence.
One of the four rights recordable on the Definitive Map:
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Public footpath.
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Public bridleway.
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Restricted byway.
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Byway open to all traffic.
See Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
PSGA Member Licence
The licence entered into by the Authority and OS pursuant to the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA).
Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA)
The Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) is an arrangement between Ordnance Survey and Her Majesty's Government (HMG) - through the Geospatial Commission
Parking Bays and Restrictions
Places that are marked on the Street and the limitations placed upon them to park vehicles.
Path
A Way for pedestrians, animals or cycles.
Pedestrian Crossing, Traffic Signal and Traffic Sensor
A restriction on traffic movement.
Pedestrian Planning Order
An order made by the Secretary of State, upon application from a local planning authority, to extinguish vehicular rights over a highway for reasons of amenity.
Section 249(2) or 2A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Section115a of the Highways Act 1980.
Pedestrian Way
See Footpath.
Pegs/Spade in Ground
To satisfy the legal requirements that “development is taken to be begun on the earliest date on which a material operation is carried out” to progress a planning permission. A material operation is defined in the Act and can include any works of construction, demolition, digging foundations, laying out or constructing a road and a material change in the use of the land.
In practice, very minor works are enough to commence a planning permission. These may include pegging out a road or piling, viz Pegs/Spade in Ground.
Material operation as defined in Section 56(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Permissive Path
A path which the landowner allows the public to use for a fixed period of time, but usually, with no intention that it should become a PRoW. The public have rights of access by permission of the landowner. Not a Highway.
Section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980.
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Permit Authority
An authority which is approved by the DfT to manage a Permit Scheme.
Sections 32 to 39 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Permit Scheme
A scheme approved by the DfT for managing Street works by means of permits.
Section 32 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Physical Obstruction
A continuously permanent obstruction in the Highway of a physical nature, for example, gates, planters, seats.
Planning Order
An order approved by the planning authority to remove vehicle rights from a section of the Highway.
Section 249, Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Point
A specific coordinate location.
Polygon
A series of closed coordinate Points that describes a specific area or physical object.
Postal Address
Address which must include a postcode and post town as allocated by Royal Mail in PAF®.
Primary EToN Notice
A notice sent to the Primary Notice Authority.
Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications v6.
Primary Notice Authority
The Street or Permit Authority responsible for the co-ordination of Street Works on the specified Street or part Street. In the case of Private Streets this is the Local Highway Authority whose area covers the Private Street.
Technical Specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notifications v6.
Primary Route Network
A network of Trunk Roads, and some other A roads, which are designed as the recommended routes for long-distance travel between a series of locations that have been selected by the DfT as Primary Route destinations linked by roads (primary routes) selected by the Local Highway Authority.
Guidance on road classification and the primary route network. Published:13 March 2012
Priority Lane
A specific section of Street dedicated to use by certain types of vehicle.
Priority Object
An Object which was identified by GeoPlace in third party source data that requires to be present in GeoHub with the appropriate Classification.
Private Street
A Street over which the public have either no recorded rights of passage or rights which cannot be recorded by either of the legal means of recording public rights (the Definitive Map and List of Streets) and is therefore not maintainable at public expense. It is possible that a Private Street may later be determined to be a Highway.
Private Street Manager
The manager of a Private Street.
Section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Processing Order
Metadata used in COU file to inform an operator in which order Records should be processed.
Prospectively Maintainable Street
A Street for which an agreement for it to become Maintainable at Public Expense is registered as a Land Charge, for example an agreement made under Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980.
Section 87 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Protected Street
A Street where specific permission for works must been granted.
Section 61 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
Provisional BLPU
A Record that is marked by the Authority Address Custodian as a BLPU held in the LLPG on a temporary basis pending confirmation.
Also see also BS 7666-2:2006, page 8, section 6.5.3, table 4 for description.
Provisional LPI
A Record that is marked by the Authority Address Custodian as an LPI description held in the LLPG on a temporary basis pending confirmation.
Also see also BS 7666-2:2006, page 12, section 7.5.3, table 7 for description.
PRoW Authority
Synonym for Surveying Authority.
PRoW Dedication
A Record of specific rights of over land.
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Public Path
A Highway being either a Footpath or a Bridleway.
Section 66 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
