Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan

DM15.4 Offsetting of Carbon Emissions

  1. All feasible and viable on-site or near-site options for carbon emission reduction must be applied before consideration of offsetting. Any remaining carbon emissions calculated for the lifetime of the building that cannot be mitigated onsite will need to be offset using ‘allowable solutions’.
  2. Where carbon targets cannot be met on-site the City Corporation will require carbon abatement elsewhere or a financial contribution, negotiated through a S106 planning obligation, to be made to an approved carbon offsetting scheme.
  3. Offsetting may also be applied to other resources including water resources and rainwater run-of to meet sustainability targets off-site where on-site compliance is not feasible.

For more information please see the Local Plan