Question 6.5

Proposed updates for RSS policies are being considered and site users should be aware of anticipated changes from the Examination in Public Panel Report and Schedules which can be downloaded from the North West Regional Assembly’s website.

RSS

• DP1 Regional Development Principles
• EM2 Remediating Contaminated Land
• EM5 Integrated Water Management
• EM6 Managing the North West’s Coastline
• EM9 Secondary & Recycled Aggregates
• EM10 A Regional Approach to Waste Management
• EM11 Waste Management Principles
• EM13 Provision of Nationally, Regionally and Sub-regionally Significant Waste Management Facilities
• L3 Existing Housing Stock & Housing Renewal
• L4 Regional Housing Provision
• RT1 Regional Public Transport Framework
• RT5 Regional Framework for the Movement of Freight Transport
• RT7 Regional Framework for Walking & Cycling
• W4 Release of Allocated Employment Land

Reference

• BRE Envest2 Sustainable Building Design
• BRE SmartWaste System
• BREEAM Green Guide to Specification
• Chartered Institute of Water & Environmental Management
• CIRIA Interim Code of Practice for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
• Environment Agency – North West Water Resources Strategy
• Environment Agency Air Quality Information
• Environment Agency Flood maps
• Environment Agency Guidance on Contaminated Land
• Environment Agency Rain Water Harvesting Information
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Life Cycle Assessment Environmental Profiles
• Meeting the Sequential Flood Risk Test – Guidelines for the North West
• North West Regional Waste Strategy
• Planning Policy Statement 1
• PPS 25 Development & Flood Risk
• Regional Spatial Strategy
• Scottish Design Guide for Recycling Storage in Housing Section 5.2.5
• WRAP Construction Resource Advice