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The Launch Of The Sustainable Development Scorecard

27 Mar 18

The Sustainable Development Scorecard is a workable, accessible and engaging method for testing the sustainable development credentials of schemes, which will add value to the industry.

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We would like to invite you to the launch of the Sustainable Development Scorecard, taking place on Tuesday 24 April 2018 in Birmingham. The Sustainable Development Scorecard has been shortlisted for the use of technology in planning at this years Planning Awards in May 2018.

The Sustainable Development Scorecard is a workable, accessible and engaging method for testing the sustainable development credentials of schemes, which will add value to the industry.

Agenda
08:15 – Registration
08:30 – Welcome (Ian MacLeod, Assistant Director, Planning and Regeneration, Birmingham City Council)
08:35 – Introduction
08:45 – The Development Scorecard
09:15 – Q&A
09:30 – Networking
10:15 – Event ends

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has running throughout it the ‘golden thread of sustainable development’. In spite of this, there is no clear-cut, NPPF-based assessment criteria to consider a site or project’s sustainable development credentials, making current assessment processes both tricky and subjective.

The Sustainable Development Commission was established to address this recognised issue with our planning system. Made up of a balanced cross-section of industry professionals, the Commission has debated the issues and found solutions, culminating in the creation of the Sustainable Development Scorecard.

The Scorecard reflects guidance from the NPPF’s definition of sustainable development, consisting of the three pillars of economic, environmental and social sustainability. In order to provide a truly sustainable development, all three pillars should be given equal consideration.

The Scorecard website will be free to use and accessible to anyone with a vested interest in development, including developers, architects, planners, community groups and members of the public. By crystallising the NPPF’s guidance into a simple, online analysis tool, the Commission aims to provide a more consistent approach to sustainable development, leading to a more sustainable built environment.

Join us for this breakfast event where we celebrate the launch of the Scorecard website.

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