Policy information sourced from the Lewisham Local Plan
SD1 Responding to the climate emergency
Strategic Objectives:
E Responding to the climate emergency.
A Lewisham Council has declared a climate emergency. In response to this a strategic and coordinated approach will be taken to ensure that the Borough contributes significantly to mitigating climate change and is made more resilient to its environmental, social and economic impacts. Local actions are both necessary and integral to supporting wider regional and national actions to address global climate change.
B To contribute towards ensuring that the Borough develops in a way that is environmentally sustainable all development proposals must:
- Help Lewisham to become a net zero carbon Borough as part of a net zero-carbon London;
- Protect and maximise opportunities to enhance the network of green and open spaces, as well as improve linkages to and between them;
- Conserve sites of importance for biodiversity, protect habitats and species within the local ecological network, and deliver biodiversity net gain;
- Implement measures to reduce flood risk and ensure resilience against the impact of flooding, and seek to improve the quality of water bodies;
- Not adversely impact on the amenity of the local population and habitats; and
- Contribute towards London achieving waste net self-sufficiency by applying the waste hierarchy and circular economy principles.
C A plan, manage and monitor approach will be used to support the successful transition to a net zero-carbon Borough. This approach will help to ensure that the Local Plan reflects current national and regional planning policy requirements and standards for carbon management, along with the Council’s latest technical studies and strategies to deliver low and zero carbon outcomes.
For more information and policy context please see the Lewisham Local Plan