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Matters to which Local Authorities must have regard |
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1 | The matters referred to in section 2 are— |
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(a) | the provision of local services, |
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(b) | the extent to which the volume and value of goods and services that |
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(ii) | procured by public bodies |
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specified by a local authority in respect of its area) of their place of |
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sale or of the boundary of the public body, |
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(c) | the rate of increase in the growth and marketing of organic forms of |
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food production and the local food economy, |
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(d) | measures to promote reasonable access by all local people to a |
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supply of food that is adequate in terms of both amount and |
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(e) | the number of local jobs, |
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(f) | measures to conserve energy and increase the quantity of energy |
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supplies which are produced from sustainable sources within a 30 |
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mile radius of the region in which they are consumed, |
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(g) | measures taken to reduce the level of road traffic including, but not |
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restricted to, local public transport provision, measures to promote |
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walking and cycling and measures to decrease the amount of |
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(h) | the increase in social inclusion, including an increase in involvement |
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(i) | measures to increase mutual aid and other community projects, |
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(j) | measures designed to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, |
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(k) | measures designed to increase community health and well being, |
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(l) | planning policies which would assist with the purposes of this Act, |
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including new arrangements for the provision of affordable housing, |
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(m) | measures to increase the use of local waste materials for the benefit |
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2 | In this Schedule the following terms shall have the following meanings— |
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“local services” includes, but is not restricted to, retail outlets, public |
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houses, banks, health facilities, including hospitals and pharmacies, |
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legal services, social housing, post offices, schools, public eating |
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places, leisure facilities and open spaces; |
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“local food economy” means a system of producing, processing and |
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trading primarily organic forms of food production, where the |
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activity is largely contained in the area or region where the food was |
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(a) | jobs in companies or organisations that in the opinion of the |
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appropriate authority will spend a significant proportion of |
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their turnover in the locality of the place of operation; and |
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(b) | jobs which are held by people living within 30 miles of that |
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“mutual aid” means actions or initiatives by people in the community |
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to improve services or provisions for themselves and other persons |
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“product miles” means the total distance produce is transported from |
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the place of growth or production to the place of consumption; |
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“social inclusion” means the opportunity for all people resident in any |
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area to play an equal role in the economic, social and civic life of the |
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“local democracy” means the ability to participate, by means of voting |
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at elections or otherwise, in decision-making that is as local as |
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practicable to people’s place of residence; and |
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“community health and well-being” means the degree to which |
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persons resident in an area identify with that area and receive an |
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increased quality of life as a result of the nature and the environment |
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