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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire County Council

‘All new major developments should demonstrate how the embodied carbon of materials has been considered and reduced where possible’ does not state any reference to compared ‘reduced’ to. This should be considered.

In relation to the statement ‘In addition to the above requirements proposals for development of 50 or more new dwellings and/or 5,000sqm or more of new non-residential floorspace should be accompanied by a whole-life assessment of the materials used’. Consideration of how this will be assessed within the planning process (could this include a sensitivity analysis for smaller developments?) will help to give this statement weight as well as the rationale behind the 50 dwelling breakpoint.

The benefit may already be recognised given the statement in the justification statement which relates to the report on embodied carbon by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee: ‘The report recommended that a mandatory requirement to carry out whole-life embodied carbon assessments be introduced through building regulations and planning policy’. This may suggest application of this assessment to a greater number of developments than currently proposed by the policy is beneficial.

It is not clear in the approach what compensation will be required should a development not meet the policy requirements.