Please find some general resources to help you in your work with the sustainable communities agenda. We'll be adding to the list. If you have a good resource that you feel can help other people, please get in touch.

Resource	What is it?	Whats it about?
Living Spaces	Publication (various partners)	Culture and sustainable communities in Milton Keynes South Midlands: principles apply everywhere.
Briefing Paper Aug 07 on the Examination in Public of the South East Plan	Document	Outcomes of the EIP as they relate to culture
Reform of the Planning System	DCLG website	This site gives links to information about the reform of the planning system, including the planning white paper and associated documents, the review of planning enforcement and the spatial plans in practice project
Thames Gateway Framework and toolkit	Publication (various partners)	Culture and sustainable communities in the Thames Gateway area: principles apply everywhere.
Green Infrastructure Guide	Publication (EQOL)	Produced for the Milton Keynes South Midlands area: principles apply everywhere. About planning for multi-purpose greenspace in development areas.
Where we live	Link to website	National cultural agencies website highlighting joint working in the Sustainable Communities agenda
The Sustainable Development Commission	Link to website	The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development
Commission for the Built Environment (CABE)	Link to website	CABE is the Government's adviser on the built environment
Paying for Parks	Publication (CABE)	Eight models on funding green spaces
Visual Guide to Local Development Frameworks	Link to website	A resource from the UK government's online planning and building regulations website www.planningportal.gov.uk
Information on Sustainability Appraisals	Link to website	Resource from the DCLG
Making Plans: good practice in plan preparation and management	Link to website	Makingplans is a guide to putting good development plans in place quickly by positive management of the process of preparing a plan that will do its job well.
Planning for Town Centres		This Guidance deals specifically with design issues relating to planning for town centres and some of the main tools available to secure the implementation of town centre planning policies and proposals
Urban Regeneration Companies portal	Link to website	Info about the UK's URCs, plus best practice, publication etc
Museum, Library and archive provision and new development in the SE	Publication (MLA South East)	Focuses on developer contributions as a source of income for the sector in development areas.
Making Contracts Work for Wildlife	Publication (CABE)	How to encourage biodiversity in urban parks
Securing Developer contributions for Museums, Library and Archive Facilities in the South East	Publication( MLA South East)	See publication title
Adding Value and Competitive Edge The Business Case For Using The Arts in Town Centres and Business Improvement Districts	Publication	How can arts and culture contribute to economic business objectives in area-based improvement initiatives? What factors produce successful involvement of artists and the arts in town centre initiatives and how can that good practice be replicated elsewhere?
Bedfordshire and Luton Green Infrastructure Plan: Exec Summary	Publication	The aim of the Plan is to develop a spatial vision for establishing a strategic green infrastructure framework, necessary to provide the foundations for sustainable communities across Bedfordshire and Luton in the period to 2021.
Cleaner, safer, greener	Website	A government site about creating quality spaces in which people want to live and can be proud - and which others will respect. This website contains best practice examples. Find out about the initiatives that really work; and How to... tackle those cleaner safer greener issues which will make more of your community.