FALP Ch 5- longer summary - Climate Change & environment
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London—a world leader in improving environment
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Climate change: the rise in average global temperature
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London is particularly vulnerable to flooding, overheating and drought (supply shortfalls)
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Warmer and drier summer, and wetter winter (UK Climate Projections 2009)
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Tackle climate change particularly in relation to built environment (new and existing)
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Early design stage is the most cost effective time to incorporate measures
The cost and feasibility need to be balanced
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Additional energy infrastructure support low and zero carbon energy supply
Climate Change Mitigation
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Aim to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide, enhance the security of energy supply and
reduce overall energy consumption
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Through decarbonizing energy supply, reducing energy consumption and moving towards
zero mission transport
5.1 climate change mitigation
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Strategic - reducing London’s carbon dioxide emissions of 60% by 2025
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LDF preparation – “should” promote and consistent with the emission reduction
target
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 and proposed carbon budgets (Climate
Change Act 2008)
5.2 Minimising carbon dioxide emissions
Planning Decision
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Be lean, be clean and be green
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Zero carbon residential building from 2016 and zero carbon non-domestic
building from 2019 (Target Emission Rate)
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Development should include a detailed energy assessment
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Minimum requirement of energy assessment
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Target should be meet on-site
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New development – sustainable use of energy
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Targets are minimum improvement
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Targets for 2010-2013 are equivalent to the energy requirements for code level 4 of the CSH
for residential building
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Apply to all major development proposals
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Demand side management
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Shortfall may be provided off-site, but only in cases where there is an alternative proposal
identified and delivery is certain, or where funding can be pooled to support specific carbon
dioxide reduction projects or programmes.
5.3 Sustainable design and construction
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Strategic – highest standards of sustainable design and construction
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Planning
Decision
–
proposals
should
demonstrate
the
sustainable
design standard and meet the minimum standard with a design and access
statement
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LDF Preparation – “should”
5.4 Electricity and gas supply
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Strategic – promote strategic investment in electricity and gas infrastructure/the
requirement of forecasting
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Planning Decisions – for developers, the mayor and boroughs, it is important to
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identify the future energy requirement
5.5Decentralised energy networks
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Strategic – 25% of heat and power generated through localised decentralized
heating and cooling networks
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LDF Preparation – “should” identify and establish decentralized energy network
opportunities
5.6 Decentralised energy in development proposals
Planning Decisions
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Should evaluate the feasibility of Combined Heat and Power system
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Principle of system selection
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London Heat Map tool
5.7 Renewable Energy
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Strategic – increased the proportion and projections for installed renewable
energy capacity
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Planning decisions – major development proposals should use on-site renewable
energy generation
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LDF preparation – “should” identify specific renewable energy technologies and
areas/minimize and potential adverse impacts
5.8 Innovative energy technologies
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Strategic – reducing use of fossil fuels and carbon dioxide emissions
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LDF preparation – “may” support the use of alternative energy technologies
Climate Change Adaptation
5.9Overheating and cooling
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Strategic – reducing the impact of urban heat island effect
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Planning decisions – Reducing potential overheating and reliance on air conditioning
system. Major development should demonstrate how the design, materials,
construction and operation of the development would minimise overheating and also
meet its cooling needs.
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5.10 Urban Greening
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Strategic – increasing the amount of surface area greened in the Central Activities Zone
by at least 5% by 2030 and a further 5% by 2050
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Planning decisions – development proposals should include green infrastructure from
the beginning
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LDF preparation – “should” identify areas
5.11 Green roofs and development site environs
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Planning decisions – roof, wall and site planting
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LDF preparation – “may” promote the use of green roofs
5.12 Flood Risk Management
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Strategic –address current and future flood issues and minimize risks in a sustainable
and cost effective way
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Planning decisions
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Flood risk assessment (NPPF and TE2100)
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Development are required to pass the Exception Test
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Protecting the integrity of existing flood defences
LDF preparation – “should” identify areas where particular flood risk issues exist and
develop actions and policy approaches
5.13 Sustainable Drainage
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Planning decisions – utilizing sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) and
managing greenfield run-off rates and surface water run-off
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LDF preparation – “should” identify areas
5.14 Water Quality and wastewater infrastructure
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Strategic – ensure wastewater infrastructure to meet requirement and improve water
quality
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Planning decisions – ensure infrastructure capacity, upgrade London’s sewage and
support the development of Thames Tideway Sewer Tinnels
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LDF preparation – “should” identify infrastructure requirements and support the
development of Thames Tideway Sewer Tinnels
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5.15 Water use and supplies
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Strategic – Secure London’s need in a sustainable manner
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Planning decisions – minimising the use of main water and the development of
sustainable water supply infrastructure will be supported.
Waste
5.16 Waste self-sufficiency
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Strategic – detailed targets and measures
5.17 Waste capacity
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Strategic – introduce new waste capacity and resource recovery parks/consolidation
centres
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Planning decisions
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principle of waste management evaluation
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provide combined heat and power and combined cooling and power
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minimsing the potential for disturbance and conflict of use
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waste and recycling storage facilities
LDF preparation – “must” allocate sufficient land and identify waste management
facilities
5.18 construction, excavation and demolition waste
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Planning decisions – CE&D waste management
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LDF – “should” require developers to produce site waste management plans
5.19 Hazardous waste
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Strategic – the need for hazardous waste management capacity
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Planning decision - result in the loss of existing sites for the treatment and/or disposal
of hazardous waste should not be permitted
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LDF preparation – “should” make provisions for hazardous waste treatment plan and
identify suitable sites
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Aggregates, contaminated land and hazardous substances
5.20 Aggregates
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Strategic
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ensure adequate supply of aggregates by several measures
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95% recycling of CE&D waste by 2020 and 80% recycling of that waste as
aggregates by 2020
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a land bank of at least 5 million tonnes of land won aggregates until 2031
LDF preparation – “should” the land bank provision and mineral planning and
measures to reduce the impact od aggregates
5.21 Contaminated Land
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Strategic – remediation of contaminated sites
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Planning decisions - development on previously contaminated land does not activate
or spread contamination.
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LDF – “should” encourage remediation and deal with contamination
5.22 Hazardous substances and installations
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Strategic – limit risks
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Planning decisions – assessing development near hazardous installations
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LDF preparation – “should” identify locations , consult and give due weight to advice
and consult utilities
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periodically review consents
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