Planning and waterway jargon busters
Planning is full of jargon and our 200 year old network has developed its own terminology over the years. Use our jargon busters below to better understand terms that may be new to you.

Planning jargon
Terms used in planning

Waterway jargon
Terms to describe elements of the historic network
Last Edited: 21 August 2017

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