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Saturday 15 June 2013

Neighbourhood Plans and sustainable development

Locality's Neighbourhood Plans Roadmap Guide [Futures Forum: Neighbourhood Plans]
puts sustainable development at the heart of planning:



Sustainable Development 

One of the basic conditions underlying a Neighbourhood Plan (or Neighbourhood Order or Community Right to Build Order) should be that it contributes to the achievement of sustainable development. 

The Government’s approach to sustainable development is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. Essentially, it is about enabling growth to cater for the needs of current generations, but ensuring that growth doesn’t mean worse lives for future generations.

There are many ways in which a Neighbourhood Plan can address sustainable development. Some examples are:

• encouraging and requiring mixed transport provision, including accessible public transport, cycle facilities and safe and convenient pedestrian routes

• mixed-use areas, thereby reducing the need for travel

• a good mix of community facilities in walking distance where possible 

• facilities to support and encourage home working

• good urban design, creating safe, overlooked, attractive, well-connected streets and spaces

• ensuring new development enhances the viability of city, town, village 
and local centres

• provision of varied local employment opportunities at a sustainable wage

• provision of affordable housing and a good mix of housing types

• protection and enhancement of wildlife areas and measures to support bio-diversity

• encouragement for the reuse and refurbishment of existing buildings 

• ensuring development builds in facilities to encourage recycling, water collection, local energy generation, etc. 

• ensuring works to improve the performance of traditional buildings are compatible with their building technology (the need for walls to breathe)

• prioritising brown field sites

• conserving historic buildings and environments and ensuring they remain in productive use

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