ABSTRACT
Tackling the climate change agenda demands a strategic approach but it also requires action at the level of the individual development proposal. This chapter looks at the emerging policy framework for promoting sustainable construction and design in developments that come forward to the planning system for planning permission. It focuses on the individual building or development site, rather than policies for new eco-towns or existing urban areas. As well as considering emergent planning practice, it considers the challenges that this throws up for the planning system.
