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jstockdale   Sustainable development - 2008/03/06 17:55 It appears new a planning policy statement (PPS) is due out from the Government on low carbon energy. In a reply to a PQ, Baroness Andrews, a Minister in the Department for Communities and Local Government said: The new Planning Policy Statement (PPS) on climate change will boost the use of local renewable and low-carbon energy in new development in England. The PPS sets out our "Merton-Plus" approach. It expects all local planning authorities to have a council-wide target (like existing Merton rules) and, additionally, tailored targets for sites where there is greater potential for using decentralised energy to supply new development. These targets should be flexible enough to consider community schemes (for example, wind turbines or CHP schemes serving more than one site) as well as building specific technologies. The 'tailored targets' should also allow councils to require higher standards from sites in central Lewes which achhieve 'good' scores just by being near the shops, on a bus route and with good train connections.   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum.

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