Sustainable Communities Act 2007 CHAPTER 23 CONTENTS 1 Sustainability of local communities 2 Proposals by local authorities 3 Decision on short-list 4 Action plans 5 Proposals: regulations 6 Local spending reports 7 Sustainable community strategy 8 Interpretation 9 Expenses 10 Short title, commencement and extent Schedule — Matters to which local authorities must have regard ELIZABETH II c. 23 Sustainable Communities Act 2007 2007 CHAPTER 23 An Act to make provision about promoting the sustainability of local communities; and for connected purposes. [23rd October 2007] E IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1 Sustainability of local communities (1) The principal aim of this Act is to promote the sustainability of local communities. (2) In this Act references to promoting the sustainability of local communi...