Policy information sourced from the Barking & Dagenham Local Plan

SP7 Securing a clean, green and sustainable borough

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The Council will:

  • encourage innovative approaches to tackling climate change, reducing air pollution, managing flood risk, heat risk and nuisance, and promoting sustainable infrastructure
  • expect major development to be net zero carbon and employ low carbon technologies in line with London Plan 2021 Policy SI 2: minimising greenhouse gas emissions, and work with developers, landowners and other key stake holder s to ensure, where appropriate, development supports and connects into the borough’s strategic District Energy Networ ks and associated infrastructure, utilising low or zero carbon energy sources and heat recovery
  • expect all development to minimise the risk of internal overheating in line with London Plan 2021 Policy SI 4: managing heat risk
  • ensure all development manages nuisance (such as noise, vibration, artificial light, odour, fumes and dust pollution) during both construction and operation through appropriate design, planning and mitigation
  • improve the borough’s air quality in line with the Council’s Air Quality Action Plan; requiring new development to accord with policy SI 1 of the London Plan 2021; and promoting sustainable transport and green infrastructure
  • expect development and large-scale regeneration to facilitate the remediation of land affected by contamination
  • work with developers and key stakeholders to reduce flood risk (including through the use of Sustainable Drainage Systems), improve wastewater infrastructure in line with the Council’s Infrastructure Delivery Plan, and reduce mains water consumption
  • co-operate with other boroughs to jointly address cross-boundary flood risk issues
  • meet the borough-level apportionment target of household, commercial and industrial waste set out in Policy SI 8 of the London Plan 2021 within an updated joint waste development plan
  • seek to maintain an appropriate landbank as per the apportionment for the borough set out in the London Plan 2021 and review the approach through the new Joint Waste Plan,
  • reduce waste and promote the circular economy principles as set out in policy SI 7 of the London Plan 2021, including through adopting a retrofit-first approach, where any substantial demolition proposed has a robust justification
  • meet the municipal waste recycling target by 65 per cent by 2050
  • ensure that zero biodegradable or recyclable waste goes to landfill by 2026
  • seek to deliver secure, affordable and low carbon utilities and physical infrastructure.

For more information please see the Barking & Dagenham Local Plan