Planning Planning Policy Statement 1 – Delivering Sustainable Development (2005) The Sustainable Communities Plan was published by the previous Government in February 2003 and established the key planning policy context for regeneration. The aspirations of the Communities Plan were reinforced by policy guidance including that in PPS 1: Delivering Sustainable Development, published in January 2005. The Statement sets out the overarching planning policies on the delivery of sustainable development through the planning system. Paragraph 5 of PPS1 sets out the framework for sustainable planning which should: 3.1.2
Make suitable land available for development in line with economic, social and environmental objectives to improve people's quality of life
Contribute to sustainable economic development
Protect and enhance the natural and historic environment, the quality and character of the countryside, and existing communities
Ensure that development supports existing communities and contributes to the creation of safe, sustainable, liveable and mixed communities with good access to jobs and key services for all members of the community.
3.1.3
Supplement to PPS1 (Planning and Climate Change) (2007)
Sets out how planning, in providing for the new homes, jobs and infrastructure needed by communities, should help shape places with lower carbon emissions and resilient to the climate change now accepted as inevitable. 3.1.4
Planning Policy Statement: ecoeco-towns - A supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1 (2009)
This PPS sets out the standards that an eco-town has to adhere to and outlines the various locations that have been identified as having the potential to become an eco-town. The document provides a set of minimum standards for eco-towns which are deliberately designed to go beyond standard developer guidance with the aim of establishing eco-towns as exemplars of good practice. Moreover, the document makes clear that eco-towns should “take full account of the impact on local ecosystems, mitigating negative impacts as far as possible“. Of particular relevance is policy ET 17 Water. The policy breakdown is as follows:
ET 17.1 Eco-towns should be ambitious in terms of water efficiency across the whole development, particularly in areas of serious water stress20, and should contribute, where existing water quality leaves scope for further improvement, towards improving water quality in their localities.
24 Whitehill Bordon Eco-town Detailed Water Cycle Study: July 2011
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