Policy information sourced from Thurrock Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development
PMD13 – DECENTRALISED, RENEWABLE AND LOW-CARBON ENERGY GENERATION
New development of 5 or more residential dwellings, or 1,000 sq metres or more of non-residential floorspace, must secure, as a minimum, the following proportions of their predicted energy from decentralised and renewable or low-carbon sources, unless it can be demonstrated to the Council’s satisfaction, by way of a full viability assessment, that this is not feasible or viable:
- 10% from 2010;
- 15% from 2015; and
- 20% from 2020.
Priority Locations
Within the Priority Locations, the Council will:
- Require all opportunities for establishing district energy networks to be taken up, where they would provide higher proportions of renewable or low carbon energy to be delivered than in (1) above.
- Require other developments considered suitable for connection to existing or feasible district energy networks to be designed to enable connection to such networks.
Where developers consider their proposals unable to feasibly or viably deliver, or connect to, district energy networks this will need to be demonstrated by way of technical appraisal and open book economic viability assessment. The Council will not permit developments that would prejudice the provision of such networks.
Identification of Priority Locations
- The priority locations are those which meet any, or any combination, of the following conditions:
- residential developments of 100 dwellings or more;
- residential developments on sites larger than 2 ha;
- non-residential developments with a total floorspace exceeding 10,000 sq metres.
- Smaller sites in close proximity to an existing or proposed district energy network are considered priority locations if they meet any of the following conditions:
- sites smaller than 20 dwellings within 50 metres of an existing or proposed district energy network,
- 20-30 dwellings within 100 metres of an existing or proposed district energy network,
- 31-40 dwellings within 150 metres of an existing or proposed district energy network,
- Sites larger than 40 dwellings within 200 metres of an existing or proposed district energy network
- All commercial and other non-domestic developments within 200 metres of an existing or proposed district energy network.
- Priority Locations will be included in the Adopted Site Specific Allocations and Policies DPD and identified on the Proposals Map. Sites which are not identified as Priority Locations at adoption of the Site Specific Allocations and Policies DPD, but which are demonstrated subsequently to meet the conditions to provide district energy networks, will be subject to the requirements of this policy.
The Developer Contributions SPD and/or CIL Charging Schedule will set out requirements for development to contribute to securing decentralised energy systems.
Key Diagram and Maps
Priority Locations identified by the Council will be included in the Adopted Site Specific Allocations and Policies DPD and identified on the Proposals Map.
For more information please see the Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development