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• Section 1: Introduction
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. How to use this document
  • 3. The Sustainable Design & Construction Checklist
  • 4. Context
  • 5. Understanding Sustainable Design & Construction
  • 6. Achieving Sustainability
  • 7. Submission Requirements
  • 7.3 Essential & Preferred Standards
  • 8. Enforcement
• Section 2: Sustainable Communities
  • 9.0 Sustainable Urban Design
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Key principles
  • 9.3 Walkable neighbourhoods
  • 9.4 Movement Framework
  • 9.5 Land use and activity nodes
  • 9.6 Density profile
  • 9.7 Robust & adaptable places
  • 9.8 Development blocks
  • 9.9 Robust and adaptable buildings
  • 9.10 Mixing uses
  • 10.0 Historic Ennvironment
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 A sustainable appraoch to the Historic Environment
  • 10.3 Renewable energy & the Historic Environment
  • 10.4 Climate change & the Historic Environment
• Section 3: Sustainability Criteria
  • 11 Introduction
  • 12.0 Adaptation to climate change
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Guidance
  • 13 Energy
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Submission requirements
  • 13.3 Your calculations
  • 13.4 Feasibility work
  • 13.5 Selection of technologies
  • 13.6 Renewables
  • 13.7 Combined heat and power (CHP)
  • 13.8 Passive solar design
  • 13.9 Viability
  • 14 Transport
  • 14.1 What do we mean by sustainable transport?
  • 14.2 Why is this important?
  • 14.3 What are we looking for from submissions?
  • 14.4 How does this relate to Transport Assessments?
  • 14.5 General Guidance
  • 15 Municipal Waste & Recycling Facilities
  • 15.1 Introduction
  • 15.2 Design principles
  • 15.3 Recycling and waste services
  • 15.4 Onsite composting
  • 15.5 Submission requirements
  • 16 Sustainable Drainage Systems
  • 16.1 What are Sustainable Drainage Systems
  • 16.2 Why are they needed?
  • 16.3 Designing SUDS systems
  • 16.4 Long term maintenance of SUDs
  • 16.5 Submission requirements
  • 16.6 Further information
  • 17 Water Conservation
  • 17.1 Introduction
  • 17.2 Submission requirements
  • 17.3 Further information
  • 18 Materials & Construction Waste
  • 18.1 Introduction
  • 18.2 Submission requirements
  • 18.3 General guidance
  • 19 Pollution
  • 19.1 Introduction
  • 19.2 Submission requirements
  • 19.3 Further information
  • 20 Air Quality
  • 20.1 Introduction
  • 20.2 Submission requirements
  • 20.3 Developments which require an AQA
  • 20.4 When may air quality be a material consideration for a development?
  • 20.5 Assessing significance of the air quality impact
  • 20.6 Action necessary by developer significance
  • 20.7 Hierarchy of methods for addressing air quality issues
  • 21 Contaminated land
  • 21.1 Introduction
  • 21.2 Submission requirements
  • 22 Dust pollution
  • 22.1 Introduction
  • 22.2 Submission requirements
  • 22.3 Further information
  • 23 Noise pollution
  • 23.1 Introduction
  • 23.2 Submission requirements
  • 23.3 Further information
  • 24 Odour pollution
  • 24.1 Introduction
  • 24.2 Submission requirements
  • 24.3 Further information
• Appendices