Policy information sourced from Camden Local Plan
CC1 Climate Change Mitigation
The Council will require all development to minimise the effects of climate change and encourage all developments to meet the highest feasible environmental standards that are financially viable during construction and occupation.
We will:
- promote zero carbon development and require all development to reduce carbon dioxide emissions through following the steps in the energy hierarchy;
- require all major development to demonstrate how London Plan targets for carbon dioxide emissions have been met;
- ensure that the location of development and mix of land uses minimise the need to travel by car and help to support decentralised energy networks;
- support and encourage sensitive energy efficiency improvements to existing buildings;
- require all proposals that involve substantial demolition to demonstrate that it is not possible to retain and improve the existing building; and
- expect all developments to optimise resource efficiency.
For decentralised energy networks, we will promote decentralised energy by:
- working with local organisations and developers to implement decentralised energy networks in the parts of Camden most likely to support them;
- protecting existing decentralised energy networks (e.g. at Gower Street, Bloomsbury, King’s Cross, Gospel Oak and Somers Town) and safeguarding potential network routes; and
- requiring all major developments to assess the feasibility of connecting to an existing decentralised energy network, or where this is not possible establishing a new network.
To ensure that the Council can monitor the effectiveness of renewable and low carbon technologies, major developments will be required to install appropriate monitoring equipment.
For more information please see the Local Plan