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Tool Summary Tool Characteristics Tool Application Source of Tools Opinion of Tools

Tool Characteristics

Name of the tool
Best Value and Sustainability Checklist (SOLACE, I&DeA, Local Government Association)

Data required to utilise tool
Full information on the council service being assessed.

Form of output
Having completed the tick boxes, the user is left with a list of services that are having a positive or negative impact on sustainability. At the very end of the the checklist, the user is encouraged to compile a list of planned improvements to be made to the service in question.

Type of data output
Qualitative: Data collection consists of ten sections, nine sections (Building sustainable communities, buildings, planning and land use, managing the environment and resources, health, a sustainable economy, housing, social equity and opportunity and transport)answered by choice of yes/no or N/A. The tenth section asks for a summary of the planned improvements.

What format is the tool available in?
This tool is available for download from the website of SOLACE (The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers) http://www.solace.org.uk/downloads/

What language/s is the tool available in?
English

Characterisation of the tool
Despite the tools introduction describing the Best Value and Sustainability Checklist as a Framework, this tool does not contain any sub-tools and is therefore a checklist.

Factors covered

Environment

Social

Economic

Governance

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Stage when tool is usually used

Inception of idea

Design

Design assessment

Construction

Operation

Demolition

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