sustainability statement
Tony Burton OBE, Chairman
We can demonstrate this commitment through:
- our involvement in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Abertay's Urban Water Technology Centre (UWTC). See SUDS and Inspection, Monitoring and Review
- our consultation on the CIRIA document "C625 Model agreements for sustainable water management systems: model agreements for SUDS." Greenbelt provided legal agreement templates for this publication which detail secure and sustainable mechanisms for the long term management of sustainable drainage systems.
- implementing our Environmental Management Policy in relation to all aspects of the services we offer
- putting in place the sustainable income streams created by our Greenspace Arrangement
- embracing the principles of sustainable developments http://www.sustainable-development.co.uk/
- embracing the principles of national planning policies and guidance:
- PPS1 (Delivering Sustainable Development), PPS9 (Biodiversity & Geological Conservation), and PPS22 (Renewable Energy) in England http://www.communities.gov.uk/
- PPS7 and PPS8 in Northern Ireland www.planningni.gov.uk/areaplans_policy/APP.htm
- Scotland's Sustainable Development Strategy www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/SustainableDevelopment
- Planning Policy Wales www.wales.gov.uk/subiplanning/index.htm