The Checklist
Below are listed all the categories within the Checklist.
Each category contains a series of questions that you can answer, to do so you'll need to create an account.
Once you have an account, you can answer the checklist in any order you choose and at your own pace. All your answers and reports are saved securely on our servers for you to return to at you leisure.
- Climate Change - adaptation, mitigation and energy » Questions
- To ensure that new developments are appropriately adapted to the potential future impacts of climate change and to minimise their own impact on greenhouse gases, flooding, heat gain and water resources. Read background…
- Place Making » Questions
- To ensure that the most sustainable sites are used for development and that the design process, layout structure and form provide a development that is appropriate to the local context and supports a sustainable community. Read background…
- Community » Questions
- To ensure that the development supports a vibrant, diverse and inclusive community which integrates with surrounding communities. Read background…
- Transport » Questions
- To ensure people can reach the facilites they need by: designing out the need to travel, encouraging walking and cycling, encouraging public transport use and accommodating private cars in a way that minimises their impact and promotes a reduction in their use. Read background…
- Ecology » Questions
- To ensure that the ecological value of the site is conserved and enhanced maintaining biodiversity and protecting existing natural habitats which can contribute to and enhance the amenity of the area. Read background…
- Resources » Questions
- To promote the more sustainable use of resources related to both the construction and the operation of new developments. Read background…
- Business » Questions
- To ensure that the development contributes to the sustainable economic vitality of the local area and region. Read background…
- Buildings » Questions
- To ensure that the design of individual buildings does not undermine the sustainability of the overall development. Read background…