In North East England we are looking for best practice examples of sustainability checklists for developments. Our regional sustainability checklist, based upon the BRE/SEEDA model has not been developed beyond a spreadsheet, whilst in other regions the awareness and use of regional models is patchy. I would be interested to hear from local authorities that successfully use a checklist, which helps deliver improvements in the sustainability of developments. I would be keen to know how you achieved buy in from planners and developers, and how you managed to incorporate the checklist into policy to give it the teeth to be effective.
