Policy information sourced from the Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy
CS 2 Climate Change Adaptation
The Council will:
a. adapt to the effects of current and predicted climatic changes by working with its partners to develop a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy which will identify priorities for the Borough and future work programmes
b. work towards minimising the urban heat island effect and prioritise areas
c. ensure that future development takes into consideration the following:
- hotter summers and therefore increased cooling demands
- warmer, wetter winters and increased flood risk
- water shortages and drought
- urban heat island effect
- subsidence
d. continue to work in partnership with the Environment Agency and other key stakeholders to address flooding from the River Thames and its tributaries and surface water flooding, as shown on Figure 16
e. promote local food growing by encouraging development proposals to include appropriate spaces for residents to grow their own food and the establishment of community gardens for community food growing
For more information please see the Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy