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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special category land
Land which benefits from a degree of protection from compulsory purchase powers, typically because compulsory purchase is prohibited, the owner can require compulsory purchase to be subject to special parliamentary procedure or can require the authorization of compulsory purchase powers to be authorized by special parliamentary procedure. Includes land forming part of a common, open space, National Trust land or fuel or field garden allotment – see ‘common land’, ‘fuel or field garden allotment’ and ‘open space’
Related terms: common land · fuel or field garden allotment · open space
Updated: 01/10/2026
