Locally Preferred Alternative: The alternative selected by the appropriate State and local agencies and official boards through a public process; must be selected by project sponsors from among the evaluated alternative strategies and formally adopted and included in the Metropolitan Planning Organization's financially-constrained long-range regional transportation plan.

Local Planning Authority. East Lindsey District Council is responsible for considering planning applications for development and other department control powers. (Lincolnshire County Council is the responsible authority in respect of strategic matters mainly relating to highways, minerals and waste disposal.)

Local Planning Authority. The Local Planning Authority is the authority with the responsibility for considering planning applications and monitoring related development. With the exception of 'County Matters' (which extend to minerals and waste applications and are dealt with by the County Council), the LPA will be the relevant District or Borough Council.

Local Public Agency or Locally Preferred Alternative (see LPO and IPO)

Locally Preferred Alternative. The mode, alignment and termini location selected for the development of a high capacity transit (HCT) system by local jurisdictions following the conclusion of the Alternatives Analysis process.