Policy paper

Memorandum to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee: the Sustainable Communities Act 2007

The document provides an explanation of how the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 has worked since it came into force.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Memorandum to the Communities and Local Government Commons Departmental Select Committee: post-legislative scrutiny: the Sustainable Communities Act 2007

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This document provides a post legislative scrutiny of the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 as required by Parliament. It includes an explanation of how the Act has worked in practice. It also includes information about the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 because it aims to improve the procedure for submitting proposals under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.

The document also includes information about Local Spending Reports as the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 made arrangements for the production of these reports.

Published 23 October 2012