Does the Brighton & Hove Checklist fit with Design Quality Indicators and other sustainability tools?
The Checklist is designed specifically for use within the Planning System. Therefore it is currently unable to address Building Control issues, some procurement issues, the construction process itself and the operation of the development once it is complete. Since the Checklist deals with planning issues, it is complementary to tools which address other parts of the construction process (Constructing Excellence benchmarking KPI’s for the Construction process, the ICE Demolition Protocol for example). Some other tools, such as Sustainability Works, give a wider overview of sustainability in the construction process, although these not linked to regional or local planning policy. Tools such as “Adapting to climate change – a checklist for development” and “Design Quality Indicators” provide useful additional depth on issues covered more generally within the Checklist. References are provided to some of these tools elsewhere in the guidance. Widely used tools and standards such as the Urb
