This section provides advice on the preparation of LDDs including considerations relevant to setting targets for, decentralised and renewable or low-carbon energy, assessing vulnerability and promoting adaptation and integration with other sustainable development policies.

Developing policies and proposals

Local authorities have a wide ranging role in tackling climate change through their actions in planning and community strategies, urban regeneration, transport planning, education and procurement. Planning authorities, in particular, have a responsibility for managing and implementing measures on climate change through land use decisions at the local level.

Planning authorities, in contributing to securing climate change policies in RSS and in the preparation of their own Local Development Frameworks (LDFs) and Documents (LDDs) will be involved in:

• Developing an adequate knowledge base of their area and mapping this as part of the evidence base
• Creating policies and preparing and testing the LDDs required to implement these policies
• Formulating plans for monitoring and reviewing progress and policy, to ensure progress on tackling climate change

More information can be found on the climate change planning guidance area of the PAS website.

» 3.1 Checklist for Local Development Documents