Planning reform key to sustainable development
Series: Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) ; (1549) 12 December 2003, 3(1)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: The Sustainable Development Commission, the government's independent adviser, has published "Mainstreaming sustainable regeneration", in which it advocates planning reform as the best opportunity to make sustainable development a mainstream practice. It sees the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill as a crucial vehicle for integrating sustainability with development, identifies criteria for sustainable regeneration, flags up examples of good practice and recommends ways of making such schemes mainstream. The commission is urging the government to publish action plans by July 2004 in the light of the commission's findings. The report is available at http://www.sd-commission.gov.uk/pubs/regeneration/mainstream/index.htm| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB4001-08 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 124676-1001 |
The Sustainable Development Commission, the government's independent adviser, has published "Mainstreaming sustainable regeneration", in which it advocates planning reform as the best opportunity to make sustainable development a mainstream practice. It sees the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill as a crucial vehicle for integrating sustainability with development, identifies criteria for sustainable regeneration, flags up examples of good practice and recommends ways of making such schemes mainstream. The commission is urging the government to publish action plans by July 2004 in the light of the commission's findings. The report is available at http://www.sd-commission.gov.uk/pubs/regeneration/mainstream/index.htm