by the end of 2010, a number of local authorities had integrated building for life into their policy framework in different ways. these included north northamptonshire, sheffield city council, ashford borough council, southampton city council, south gloucestershire council, east dorset district council, mansfield district council, north lincolnshire district council, erewash borough council, north kesteven district council, rushcliffe borough council, london borough of merton, fylde borough council, nottingham city council and london borough of havering.