01.17

01.17 Viability is a factor which has a significant role and influence over planning policies and development proposals. The Plan has to be deliverable. This means that the costs and savings of meeting the requirements of policies, combined with the costs of meeting national requirements, such as climate change commitments, building regulations, and local infrastructure need to be assessed and factored into the emergence of all policy proposals and allocations.

Given the breadth of the carbon budgets and related plans that will emerge in the next few months, this is too big to miss out as an example. As national audit office shows there are long term savings by implementing measures sooner.