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The main contributions of Communities and Local Government to sustainable development are:

Championing social aspects of sustainable development - tackling deprivation, building social cohesion, empowering communities to act together on the issues they face
Ensuring that people have access to housing that is affordable and of good quality, and managing the environmental consequences of housing development
Using the planning system and our urban regeneration programmes to give people access to the services, surroundings and amenities that serve sustainable communities
Helping local authorities - and regions, sub-regions and cities too - to respond to the needs of local people and to the economic, social and environmental circumstances of a rapidly changing world
A vital partner in tackling climate change - principally through the built environment and local government.

We have reflected these contributions in our 2007/2008 Sustainable Development Action Plan (see links below for details).

For more information about embedding sustainable development in our policies, please contact Mark Davis (mark.davis@communities.gsi.gov.uk).