Policy information sourced from the East Herts District Plan

CC2 Climate Change Mitigation

All new developments should demonstrate how carbon dioxide emissions will be minimised across the development site, taking account of all levels of the energy hierarchy. Achieving standards above and beyond the requirements of Building Regulations is encouraged.

Carbon reduction should be met on-site unless it can be demonstrated that this is not feasible or viable. In such cases effective offsetting measures to reduce on-site carbon emissions will be accepted as allowable solutions.

The energy embodied in construction materials should be reduced through re-use and recycling , where possible, of existing materials and the use of sustainable materials and local sourcing.

For more information please see the District Plan