Policy information sourced from the Reigate & Banstead Local Plan - Development Management Plan

CCF1: Climate change mitigation

  1. New residential developments must:
    • Meet the national water efficiency standard of 110litres/person/day.
    • Achieve not less than a 19% improvement in the Dwelling Emission Rate (DER) over the Target Emission Rate (TER) as defined in Part L1A of the 2013 Building Regulations.
  2. New non-residential developments of 1,000 square metres or more of gross floorspace should include renewable or low-carbon energy generation to provide 10% of the expected energy usage of the development, unless it can be demonstrated not to be viable. This could be through renewable energy technologies (i.e. solar photovoltaics), implementation of or connection to a district heating network, or any other method that demonstrably reduces carbon emissions from energy usage.
  3. The Council will support developments that make provision for on-site micro-generation.
  4. The design of buildings should maximise opportunities for energy saving (e.g. orientation of the building to achieve solar gain), unless this conflicts with other policies.
  5. The use of sustainable construction methods and materials will be encouraged.

For more information please see the Reigate & Banstead Development Management Plan