Policy information sourced from Enfield Development Managament Document (DMD)

DMD 53 Low and Zero Carbon Technology

Where major developments have secured all possible savings through energy efficiency and decentralised energy networks and still fail to achieve the specified carbon dioxide reductions targets (DMD 51 ‘Energy Efficiency Standards’), developments will be required to provide on site renewable energy generation through the use of low and zero carbon technologies. Developments will be required to make-up the identified shortfall or provide a 20% carbon dioxide reduction, whichever is the greater unless it can be demonstrated that this is not technically feasible or economically viable.

For minor applications, the Council will seek to encourage further carbon dioxide reductions through the provision and use of on-site renewable energy generation and the use of low and zero carbon technologies.

Local opportunities to contribute towards decentralised energy supply from low and zero carbon technologies will be encouraged, where there is no overriding adverse local impact including identified impacts to historic assets.

Where proposals are located within the Green Belt, elements of many low and zero carbon energy projects would constitute inappropriate development, which may impact on the openness of the Green Belt, the established character of the landscape or its biodiversity. In evaluating the development, the Council will give significant weight to the visual impacts of the project, the potential for disturbance to neighbouring properties and specific ecological considerations. Developers will need to demonstrate very special circumstances that clearly outweigh any harm by reason of inappropriateness and that there are no overriding local impacts for an application to be approved.

This Policy should be read in conjunction with Core Strategy Policy 20.

For more information please see the Development Managament Document (DMD)