Policy information sourced from the Kensington and Chelsea Local Plan

CE1 Climate Change

The Council recognises the Government’s targets to reduce national carbon dioxide emissions by 34 per cent against 1990 levels by 2020 in order to meet a 80 per cent reduction by 2050 and will require development to make a significant contribution towards this target.

To deliver this the Council will:

  • require an assessment to demonstrate that major residential development meets the carbon reduction requirements set out in the London Plan;
  • require an assessment to demonstrate that non-residential development of 1,000 sq m or more meets BREEAM very good with 60 per cent of the unweighted credits available in the energy, water and materials sections and conversions and refurbishments of 1,000sq.m or more nonresidential development achieve BREEAM very good rating;
  • require that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions are reduced in accordance with the following hierarchy:
    • energy efficient building design, construction and materials, including the use of passive design, natural heating and natural ventilation;
    • provision of on-site renewable and low-carbon energy sources;
    • decentralised heating, cooling and energy supply, through Combined Cooling Heat and Power (CCHP) or similar, while ensuring that heat and energy production does not result in unacceptable levels of local air pollution in particular on site allocations such as Kensal, Wornington Green, and Earl’s Court;
  • require all CCHP plant or similar to connect to, or be able to connect to, other existing or planned CCHP plant or similar to form a district heat and energy network;
  • require development to connect into any existing district heat and energy network, where the necessary service or utility infrastructure is accessible to that development;
  • require development to incorporate measures that will contribute to on-site sustainable food production commensurate with the scale of development.

For more information please see the Kensington and Chelsea Local Plan