ESD FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS

The Council Alliance for a Sustainable Built Environment (CASBE) is an association of 20 Victorian rural and urban councils committed to the creation of a sustainable built environment within and beyond their municipalities. It is growing as more Victorian councils are getting involved. The association’s focus is on applying ecologically sustainable development (ESD) principles to the built environment through the statutory planning system. This is resulting in more councils requesting for sustainable design to be considered at the planning stage.

Projects get a better response from council when sustainable design initiatives are integrated from the start of the design. This also reduces the likelihood of the planner suggesting initiatives not appropriate to your project. We understand sustainable initiatives impact the design aesthetics and budget of the project and by engaging us early in the design process we can help work cost-effective sustainable initiatives into the design. This is done through our 5-step process to engage the whole design team.