building a resilient environment - afternoon session
DESCRIPTION
Sustainability East explore resilience and the built environment with the public and private sector.TRANSCRIPT
9 September 2014Smartlife Low Carbon Centre,
Cambridge
Building a Resilient Environment
Agenda
• SPECIAL Project
• Building Futures Project
Building a Resilient Environment
SPECIAL Project
Building a Resilient Environment
Hertfordshire BuildingFuturesAndrew TurnerBuilt Environment Project OfficerHertfordshire County Council
Aims
Place sustainable design at the heart of planning new development
Create an integrated and consistent approach to sustainable design
Improve the quality of new development
BuildingFutures Partnership
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
Local Planning Authorities
Led by Hertfordshire County Council
Stakeholder input & engagement
Achieving Sustainable DesignChallenges?
The system
Priority and weight
Clarity & consistency (message, purpose/aims, decisions)
Skills & resource
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
Response?
Leadership
Identify opportunities
Business case
Resources, training & support
Sharing & Coordination
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
BuildingFutures
Sustainable Design Toolkit
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
Sustainable Design ToolkitWhy?
Improve communication of best practice principles
Aid decision making
How?
Framework - targeted Q’s & advice
Create clarity and consistency
Provoke thought and discussion
Allow flexible outcomes
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
Sustainable Design ToolkitUsing it
Planning and design, from vision/concept to post-consent
Strategic planning:
Development management:
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
site allocations development briefs master plans thematic policies
pre-app planning application reserved matters, conditions, place-keeping, retrofit
Sustainable Design ToolkitBenefits
‘One-stop-shop’
Simple, clear and consistent framework, flexible to local context
Promotes an integrated approach
Next steps & impact so far
Herts LPAs to use as standing guidance to inform pre-app
Advocating a policy-led approach (strategic, site specific & thematic)
Taking it beyond Hertfordshire
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
Herts Design Review Panel
Promoted by the NPPF (para 63, 64, 66)
Expert, practical and context-specificadvice
Single buildings to urban extensions
Multi-disciplinary: PLACE
Integration of sustainability
Earlier the better, with ongoing input
Address the skills ‘gap’?
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
Going forward New advisory service: targeted support/resource
Advocacy
What more can be done?
Proactive, Creative planning
Training and awareness
Learn from others
Work with others
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
Thank you
www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures
@sus_dev
Hertfordshire Building Futures group
Questions and Summary
Building a Resilient Environment