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Land Referencing Standard

Glossary of technical terms
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The SoLR Land Referencing Glossary of Technical Terms brings together terminology used across the profession, including specialist expressions, abbreviations and commonly used jargon. It is intended as an advisory resource and is not legally definitive or exhaustive. Entries may be updated as professional practice develops.
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open space
Land laid out as a public garden, or used for the purposes of public recreation or public amenity land, or land being a disused burial ground – see ‘special category land’
Related terms: special category land
Updated: 01/10/2026
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