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ID sylw: 108114

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: William Davis Homes

Asiant : McLoughlin Planning

Whilst we support the thrust of this section of the draft Local Plan and the identification of Strategic Objective 6 – Contributing towards Net Zero Carbon targets, we would flag that all policy requirements should accord with national requirements. This is as per the 13th December 2023 Written Ministerial Statement which sets out at paragraph 2.43 that “the Government does not expect plan-makers to set local energy efficiency standards for buildings that go beyond current or planned building regulations” because “the proliferation of multiple, local standards by local authority area can add further costs to building new homes by adding complexities and undermining economies of scale.” The WMS confirmed that “any planning policies that propose local energy efficiency standards for buildings that go beyond current or planned building regulations should be rejected at examination if they do not have a well-reasoned and robustly costed rationale”.