Policy information sourced from the Lewisham Local Plan
SD3 Minimising greenhouse gas emissions
Strategic Objectives:
E Responding to the climate emergency,
G Healthy and safe communities.
A To help Lewisham to become a net zero-carbon Borough development proposals must be designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in operation and minimise energy demand (annual and peak) in accordance with the London Plan energy hierarchy.
B Major development proposals must be net zero-carbon and:
- Meet the minimum on-site reduction of carbon emissions of at least 35% beyond the baseline of Part L of the Building Regulations 2013, as required by the London Plan Policy SI 2 Minimising greenhouse gas emissions; and
- Calculate and minimise emissions from any part of the development that are not covered by Building Regulations (e.g. unregulated emissions).
C Where it is clearly demonstrated that the net zero-carbon target cannot be achieved on-site, development proposals must make contributions to meet the identified shortfall through:
- A cash-in-lieu contribution to Lewisham’s carbon offset fund; and/or
- Appropriate off-site measures where these can be demonstrated to be deliverable.
D Major development proposals are encouraged to assess embodied carbon emissions and maximise opportunities to reduce these emissions.
E Details of the approach used to meet the net zero-carbon target must be clearly set out in an Energy Strategy submitted as part of the Sustainable Design Statement.
F Development proposals should minimise energy demand of the building(s) in-use by seeking to achieve the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) targets for projected Energy Use Intensity (EUI).
For more information and policy context please see the Lewisham Local Plan