Policy information sourced from the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan

DM 1 Sustainable Design

Proposals for minerals and waste development will be required to demonstrate that they have been designed to:

  1. minimise greenhouse gas emissions and other emissions
  2. minimise energy and water consumption and incorporate measures for water recycling and renewable energy technology and design in new facilities where possible
  3. maximise the re-use or recycling of materials
  4. utilise sustainable drainage systems wherever practicable
  5. protect and enhance the character and quality of the site’s setting and its biodiversity interests or mitigate and if necessary compensating for any predicted loss
  6. minimise the loss of Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land.

For more information please see the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan