How is it integrated into regional and local planning policy?
At the regional level it is required as part of the planning process for referable planning applications and reflects policy outlined in the London Plan and SPG on Sustainable Design and Construction. Completing this checklist should be seen as the first step in producing a sustainability statement for a referable planning application as required by the London Plan. Boroughs can adopt the checklist as a material consideration by requiring it to be completed for applications of a particular type and size in their Development Plan Document. The checklist can also be adopted and customised by boroughs if required, and used to form an SPD or appendix to an SPD (where they may wish to provide more detail).
This can be done in two ways: • At regional level. Use of the checklist is required by Development policy G the draft South West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) – see ‘Who Owns the Checklist’ elsewhere in the FAQs for more info. It can be required as part of development control applications in the Regional Spatial Strategy or recommended for use by local authorities and developers as part of its implementation plan. It can be customised by local planning authorities if required (see “How can the Checklist be tailored to meet the needs of the individual local authority?” elsewhere in these FAQs) • Local planning authorities can adopt the Checklist as a material consideration by requiring it to be filled in for applications of a particular type and size (see other FAQs) in their Development Plan Document, then either taking it as a whole or modifying it to form an SPD or appendix to an SPD (where they wish to give more detail).
This can be done in two ways: • At regional level. It can be required as part of development control applications in the Regional Spatial Strategy or recommended for use by local authorities and developers as part of its implementation plan. It can be customised by local planning authorities if required (see “How can the Checklist be tailored to meet the needs of the individual local authority?” elsewhere in these FAQs) • Local planning authorities can adopt the Checklist as a material consideration by requiring it to be filled in for applications of a particular type and size (see other FAQs) in their Development Plan Document, then either taking it as a whole or modifying it to form an SPD or appendix to an SPD (where they wish to give more detail).
