Policy information sourced from Windsor and Maidenhead Local Plan
SP2 Climate Change
All developments will demonstrate how they have been designed to incorporate measures to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The following measures shall be incorporated into development:
- Wherever possible, new buildings shall be orientated to maximise the opportunities for both natural heating and ventilation and reducing exposure to wind and other elements;
- Proposals involving both new and existing buildings shall demonstrate how they have been designed to maximise resistance and resilience to climate change for example by including measures such as solar shading, thermal mass, heating and ventilation of the building and appropriately coloured materials in areas exposed to direct sunlight, green and brown roofs, green walls, etc;
- Use of trees and other planting, where appropriate as part of green and blue infrastructure schemes, to provide shading of amenity areas, buildings and streets and to help to connect habitat, designed with native plants that are carefully selected, managed and adaptable to meet the predicted changed climatic conditions; and
- All development shall minimise the impact of surface water runoff from the development in the design of the drainage system, and where possible incorporate mitigation and resilience measures for any increases in river flooding levels as a result of climate change
Adaptation measures need to be built into all new developments to ensure the sustainable development of housing, businesses and the economy of the Royal Borough.
Applicants shouldrefer to the adopted Sustainable Design and Construction Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), the Borough Wide Design Guide SPD and the Environment and Climate Strategy 2020-2025, or successor documents for further guidance.
For more information please see the Local Plan