Example Consultation Document

Insert new paragraph after 1.1.1 to read:

Strategic and Non-strategic Policies

Chapter 3 sets out the borough priorities emanating from the Council's Corporate Plan as well as a number of supporting studies, spatial challenges and opportunities which formed key considerations and drivers in deriving the borough's spatial development strategy.

Provision is made for xxxxxx yyyyyy new residential dwellings (net) to be built in the borough over the Plan period

Application of Wherever possible, major development, where feasible, will be required to provide a minimum of 10% of the predicted energy needs of the development from renewable energy. Where on-site provision of renewable technologies is not appropriate, or where it is clearly demonstrated that the above target cannot be fully achieved on-site, any shortfall should be provided

Greenfield developments, major development and all development within a Critical Drainage Area must achieve a greenfield runoff rate. Where it is demonstrated that this is not possible on brownfield developments, SuDS features will be required to reduce discharge to previous greenfield rates or achieve a then a runoff reduction of 50% minimum should be achieved. The technical approach should be justified in the Drainage Strategy. reduction of brownfield run-off rates;

Transport emission in the borough is also higher than the national average due to increased car ownership and access to vehicles. Over the period of the Plan, energy use and carbon emissions may increase by 10% following a 'business as usual' trajectory.

Amend Policy to read:

STRATEGICPOLICY A1: CARBON REDUCTION, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY

All developments should incorporate appropriate Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) for the disposal of surface water, in order to avoid any increase in surface water flood risk or adverse impact on water quality.

Amend Policy to read:

All new development should be supported by, and have good access to, all necessary infrastructure. Permission will only be granted if it can be demonstrated that there is sufficient appropriate infrastructure capacity to support the development or that such capacity will be delivered in a timely and, where appropriate, phased manner by the proposal. It must further be demonstrated that such capacity as is required will prove sustainable over time both in physical and financial terms.

Applications for major development, including proposals involving the redevelopment of existing floor space, should be accompanied by a Sustainability Statement (see Figure 16.1 Areas to be covered in the Sustainability Statement) as part of the Design and Access Statement submitted with their planning application, outlining their approach

The recent Global Status Report by REN21 (2018) also states that renewable energy currently makes up a fifth of the world's electrical power supply, and its capacity has doubled over the past ten years. Renewables are experiencing a virtuous cycle of technology improvement and cost reduction. How policies can support the ability to connect with supply grid, rather than viability, will be the main challenge in the transition towards the low carbon future.