Neil Savery: Chief Planning Executive

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

2. A complex environment • reconcile local initiatives with national agendas • Overarching governance arrangements • respond to heightened expectations • speed of knowledge acquisitions • competing demands for resources • not a complete science

3. Climate change: one of the top priorities • Minister’s Statement of Planning Intent • Weathering the Change: Government’s climate change strategy • ACTPLA’s business plan • There is no one solution-no silver bullet, no one responsibility • requires a toot kit of responses involving: • strong leadership • partnerships • regulation • best practice • market responses • pricing • initiatives • education • consumer expectations

4. Key focus areas • COAG and COAG Working Groups • delineation of planning and building systems • reduction and streamlining of red tape in planning and building systems • affordable housing • climate change action plan (national adaptation framework) • Local Government and Planning Minister's Council (LGPMC) • regulatory reform • national principles for energy and water efficiency • housing affordability • Planning Officials Group (POG) • national principles for energy and water efficiencies via land use planning and infrastructure design • national urban policy: sustainable communities • regulatory reform • national integrated transport and land use planning charter • national urban design protocol

5. Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) • inner government agreement • energy efficiency (NFEE1) 5 star (uniform national standards) • water efficiency (inc. hot water systems) • building materials • internal environmental quality • existing buildings • Joint Building Planning Working Group (JBPWG) • national implementation model for planning and building delineation and • governance framework for local government variations: • this is applied to sustainability measures • roles of sustainable tools • looking at national targets • delineate planning and building performance measures with tools verifying performance and • individual proposals.

6. Partnerships and contributions • CSIRO - East Lake (including development assessment tool for sustainability measurement) • Australian Greenhouse Office: Energy Efficiency Rating mandatory disclosure and your development. • Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) – assessment of deep cut emissions for abatement • International Centre for Local Environmental Initiatives • Plumbing Regulators Forum – hot water systems regulation • community – good design workshop • Government Policy • planning strategy • Planning and Development Act 2007 • Territory Plan: planning policy review • water sensitive urban design • sustainable subdivision code • energy and water efficient housing • energy and water efficient commercial buildings

7. Education • publications • presentations • articles • sponsorship/events • staff training and awareness • school kit • EER

8. Lessons learned • national consistency versus local responsiveness • need to establish clear policy position • provide adequate resources for implementation • engage in partnerships – cannot operate as an island • be flexible and innovative • practice what you preach • be a champion as well as a leader • have capacity to monitor and measure

9. Thank you