{"id":107350,"date":"2022-03-09T16:58:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=107350"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:58:53","slug":"sustainable-development-planning-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sustainable-development-planning-legislation\/107350\/","title":{"rendered":"How will changes in legislation affect sustainable development planning?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 dir=\"ltr\">James Cook, head of planning at <a href=\"https:\/\/streaklinks.com\/A9moIaeQEEpUbpGyAAWsdByT\/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lawblacks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Blacks Solicitors<\/a>, discusses the legislative and planning policy background and how recent changes, in response to COP26, are going to affect sustainable development planning in the coming years<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Increasing numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/housebuilders-climate-emergency\/57060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate emergencies<\/a> have been declared in recent years, further increasing attention upon the need to mitigate the environmental impact of development planning. Whilst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/cop26-the-built-environment\/102381\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COP26<\/a> has renewed public support for measures to curb the climate crisis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/net-zero-construction-2\/103181\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation and planning policies<\/a> that underpin such measures have been evolving since the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">UK climate change targets<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although The Climate Change Act 2008 originally committed the UK to a target of an 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared to 1990 levels, in 2019 the target was amended to reduce the UK\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions to \u201cnet zero\u201d by 2050 with interim targets set through five-yearly carbon budgets.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Carbon Budget Order 2021 sets the sixth carbon budget for the UK for the period 2033-37 with a view to achieving net zero by 2050. The sixth carbon budget implies a 78% reduction in emissions from 1990 by 2035.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In October 2021 the Government published its \u201cNet Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener\u201d ahead of COP26, to outline how the UK will achieve net zero by 2050.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Planning &amp; climate change<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Planning authorities are under a statutory duty to ensure that, when taken as a whole, their local development plan documents include policies designed to ensure the development and use of land contributes to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) also underlines the importance of mitigating and adapting to climate change as part of the environmental objective which underpins sustainable development plannning. The NPPF emphasises that the planning system should help to shape places in ways that contribute to radical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Local plans should take a proactive approach to mitigate and adapt to climate change, including providing a positive strategy to increase the use and supply of renewable and low carbon energy and heat. Additionally, new developments should be planned for in ways that both reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Avoiding and mitigating flood risk<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In 2021 the<a href=\"https:\/\/streaklinks.com\/A9moIaqc3HM7uqeoPglA0_S-\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lse.ac.uk%2Fgranthaminstitute%2Fexplainers%2Fhow-is-climate-change-affecting-river-and-surface-water-flooding-in-the-uk%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\"> London School of Economics<\/a> (citing the UK Climate Change Committee\u2019s 2019 Progress Report) highlighted that 1.4 million people in the UK are currently at risk of flooding, with currently associated damages valued at \u00a3270 million each year. A 2022 report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/streaklinks.com\/A9moIaazs7Yg_i2MlQ3cbrVM\/https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fclimate-change-will-cause-more-floods-and-droughts-and-england-must-become-resilient-environment-agency-warns-12432342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">Environment Agency<\/a> ahead of COP26 warned that the effects of climate change will increase the likelihood of flooding in some areas of the UK. The Agency\u2019s message was that adaptation to climate change is as important as mitigation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The NPPF states that inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding should be avoided by directing development away from areas at the highest risk (whether existing or in the future). Where development is necessary for such areas, the development should be made safe for its lifetime without increasing the risk of flooding elsewhere. The NPPF, therefore, requires all plans to apply a sequential test with the aim of steering new development to areas with the lowest risk of flooding from any source. Where appropriate, planning applications should be supported by a site-specific flood risk assessment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Importantly the NPPF states that both developments in areas at risk of flooding and major developments should incorporate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/sustainable-drainage-guidelines\/56264\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sustainable drainage systems<\/a> unless there is clear evidence that this would be inappropriate. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) are designed to imitate natural drainage to reduce surface water flooding and promote water harvesting. In flood risk areas, developments may also be designed in a way to build resilience to future risks, including those arising from climate change (for example through raising finished floor levels and building in flood defences).<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Biodiversity Net Gain<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The NPPF already requires national and local planning policies and decisions to minimise impacts on and provide measurable net gains for biodiversity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/biodiversity-net-gains\/103653\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biodiversity net gain (BNG)<\/a> is therefore already a feature of national and local planning policy. However, the recently enacted Environment Act 2021 will require all developments to deliver a BNG as a condition of planning permissions granted in England when the relevant provisions come into effect.. BNG may be delivered on or off site or via the purchase of \u201cbiodiversity credits\u201d to mitigate any shortfall.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The importance of BNG to planning will therefore only increase with the advent of the Environment Act 2021. We are likely to see more and more multifaceted and innovative approaches to achieving BNG through habitat creation and enhancement solutions alongside other objectives of sustainable development planning, including climate change mitigation. Measures such as SUDs and the creation of multi-functional green infrastructure will play an important part in achieving these objectives and mitigating the impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Renewable energy and energy efficiency<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Planning and Energy Act 2008 allows planning authorities in England to include in their development plan documents a reasonable requirement for a proportion of energy used in development to come from renewable and low carbon sources.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Increasing in-built renewable energy measures such as solar panels can reduce the volume of electricity from unsustainable sources used in the development, and when combined with passive measures like enhanced energy efficiency, can significantly reduce environmental impacts.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In December 2021 the Government announced amendments to building regulations that aim to reduce carbon emissions from new build homes by around 30% compared to current standards. The amended regulations come into force in June 2022 and are a precursor to the Future Homes and Buildings Standard which aims to achieve net zero ready homes from 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Cook, head of planning at Blacks Solicitors, discusses the legislative and planning policy background and how recent changes, in response to COP26, are going to affect sustainable development planning in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[693,100734,430,172727,276,93645,952,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-107350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-climate-change","8":"tag-cop26","9":"tag-energy-efficiency","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-government","12":"tag-net-zero","13":"tag-planning","14":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How will changes in legislation affect sustainable development planning?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"James Cook discusses the legislative and planning policy background and how recent changes are going to affect sustainable development planning\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sustainable-development-planning-legislation\/107350\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How will changes in legislation affect sustainable development planning?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"James Cook discusses the legislative and planning policy background and how recent changes are going to affect sustainable development planning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sustainable-development-planning-legislation\/107350\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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