Thursday, January 9, 2020
Model climate and ecological emergency SPD
Many if not the majority of local councils (and many parishes) have declared climate and ecological emergencies. As the exercise of planning controls could save up to 50% of Carbon emissions it would be surprising if these councils were not looking closely at their development plan policies to see whether they are fit for purpose (ie achieving substantial reductions from the new (and existing development) by 2030. The Parliament might have updated the legislation to target net zero by 2050 (rather than 80%), but this does not reflect the 'emergency' situation, nor does it revise the budgets that the Committee for Climate Change advise are not likely to be met. The Model SPD (Click here) discusses these issues and includes references to the official documents/policies that justify the adoption of this supplemental policy that accurately reflects the science.
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