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Page 1: Neil Savery: Chief Planning Executive National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development 2008.

Neil Savery: Chief Planning Executive

National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable

Development 2008

Page 2: Neil Savery: Chief Planning Executive National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development 2008.

A complex environmento reconcile local initiatives with national agendas

oOverarching governance arrangements

o respond to heightened expectations

o speed of knowledge acquisitions

o competing demands for resources

o not a complete science

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o Climate change: one of the top prioritieso Minister’s Statement of Planning Intent

o Weathering the Change: Government’s climate change strategy

o ACTPLA’s business plan

o There is no one solution- no silver bullet, no one responsibility

o requires a toot kit of responses involving:

o strong leadership

o partnerships

o regulation

o best practice

o market responses

o pricing

o initiatives

o education

o consumer expectations

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o Key focus areas o COAG and COAG Working Groups

o delineation of planning and building systems

o reduction and streamlining of red tape in planning and building systems

o affordable housing

o climate change action plan (national adaptation framework)

o Local Government and Planning Minister's Council (LGPMC)

o regulatory reform

o national principles for energy and water efficiency

o housing affordability

o Planning Officials Group (POG)

o national principles for energy and water efficiencies via land use planning and infrastructure design

o national urban policy: sustainable communities

o regulatory reform

o national integrated transport and land use planning charter

o national urban design protocol

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o Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB)o inner government agreement

o energy efficiency (NFEE1) 5 star (uniform national standards)

o water efficiency (inc. hot water systems)

o building materials

o internal environmental quality

o existing buildings

o Joint Building Planning Working Group (JBPWG)o national implementation model for planning and building delineation and

governance framework for local government variations:

o this is applied to sustainability measures

o roles of sustainable tools

o looking at national targets

o delineate planning and building performance measures with tools verifying performance and

individual proposals.

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o Partnerships and contributions o CSIRO - East Lake (including development assessment tool for sustainability measurement)

o Australian Greenhouse Office: Energy Efficiency Rating mandatory disclosure and your development.

o Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) – assessment of deep cut emissions for abatement

o International Centre for Local Environmental Initiatives

o Plumbing Regulators Forum – hot water systems regulation

o community – good design workshop

o Government Policyo planning strategy

o Planning and Development Act 2007

o Territory Plan: planning policy review

o water sensitive urban design

o sustainable subdivision code

o energy and water efficient housing

o energy and water efficient commercial buildings

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o Education o publications

o presentations

o articles

o sponsorship/events

o staff training and awareness

o school kit

o EER

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o Lessons learned 

o national consistency versus local responsiveness

o need to establish clear policy position

o provide adequate resources for implementation

o engage in partnerships – cannot operate as an island

o be flexible and innovative

o practice what you preach

o be a champion as well as a leader

o have capacity to monitor and measure

Page 9: Neil Savery: Chief Planning Executive National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development 2008.

Thank you