Policy information sourced from the Haringey Development Management Plan
DM21: Sustainable Design, Layout and Construction
- All new development, including building and landscape works, will be expected to consider and implement sustainable design, layout and construction techniques. Proposals should:
- Apply the energy hierarchy to minimise energy use in order to meet, and if possible exceed, minimum carbon dioxide reduction requirements;
- Apply the cooling hierarchy to reduce the potential for overheating and limit reliance on mechanical air conditioning systems;
- Maximise opportunities to enhance biodiversity on-site, including through appropriate landscaping, Sustainable Drainage Systems, living roofs and green walls
- Wherever possible, use building materials with high environmental performance ratings; and
- Seek opportunities for locally sourced labour.
- The Council will support appropriate measures to sustainably retrofit existing homes and nonresidential buildings.
- Proposals that fail to demonstrate adequate consideration for sustainable design, layout and construction techniques will be resisted.
- Consideration will be given to the use of carbon offset payments, to be secured by planning obligations, where it can be demonstrated that proposals are unable to meet carbon dioxide emission reduction targets on-site.
Policy information sourced from the Haringey Development Management Plan