Sustainable Communities Act 2007

1 E+W The matters referred to in section 2 [F1 and 5A(4) ]are—

(a) the provision of local services,

(b) the extent to which the volume and value of goods and services that are—

(i) offered for sale; or

(ii) procured by public bodies

and are produced within 30 miles (or any lesser distance as may be specified by a local authority in respect of its area) of their place of sale or of the boundary of the public body,

(c) the rate of increase in the growth and marketing of organic forms of food production and the local food economy,

(d) measures to promote reasonable access by all local people to a supply of food that is adequate in terms of both amount and nutritional value,

(e) the number of local jobs,

(f) measures to conserve energy and increase the quantity of energy supplies which are produced from sustainable sources within a 30 mile radius of the region in which they are consumed,

(g) measures taken to reduce the level of road traffic including, but not restricted to, local public transport provision, measures to promote walking and cycling and measures to decrease the amount of product miles,

(h) the increase in social inclusion, including an increase in involvement in local democracy,

(i) measures to increase mutual aid and other community projects,

(j) measures designed to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases,

(k) measures designed to increase community health and well being,

(l) planning policies which would assist with the purposes of this Act, including new arrangements for the provision of affordable housing, and

(m) measures to increase the use of local waste materials for the benefit of the community.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. para. 1 inserted (8.6.2010) by Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 (c. 21), ss. 2(3), 3(2)