Policy information sourced from Camden Local Plan
CC2 Adapting to Climate Change
The Council will require development to be resilient to climate change.
All development should adopt appropriate climate change adaptation measures such as:
- the protection of existing green spaces and promoting new appropriate green infrastructure;
- not increasing, and wherever possible reducing, surface water runoff through increasing permeable surfaces and use of Sustainable Drainage Systems;
- incorporating bio-diverse roofs, combination green and blue roofs and green walls where appropriate; and
- measures to reduce the impact of urban and dwelling overheating, including application of the cooling hierarchy.
Any development involving 5 or more residential units or 500 sqm or more of any additional floorspace is required to demonstrate the above in a Sustainability Statement.
Sustainable design and construction measures
The Council will promote and measure sustainable design and construction by:
- ensuring development schemes demonstrate how adaptation measures and sustainable development principles have been incorporated into the design and proposed implementation;
- encourage new build residential development to use the Home Quality Mark and Passivhaus design standards;
- encouraging conversions and extensions of 500 sqm of residential floorspace or above or five or more dwellings to achieve “excellent” in BREEAM domestic refurbishment; and
- expecting non-domestic developments of 500 sqm of floorspace or above to achieve “excellent” in BREEAM assessments and encouraging zero carbon in new development from 2019.
For more information please see the Local Plan