Q-C3.1: Do you think we should develop a carbon offsetting approach to new developments where it is demonstrated that it is not possible to achieve net carbon zero requirements on site?
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Q-C1.1: Please select the option which is most appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – Recommend mix of Option C1.1a (if evidence of site suitability available) and C1.1b. No further comments. Q-C2: Please select the option which is most appropriate for South Warwickshire NWBC Response – Recommend Option C2a or mix of C2a and C2b.
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Q-C3.1: Yes. Building Regulations Part L, published in December 2021, sets out an ambitious target of reducing carbon emissions for dwellings. These changes are interim measures and will lead up to the Future Home and Buildings Standard, which is set to be introduced in 2025. These will require further cuts to carbon emissions, whereby all new dwellings will need to reduce emissions by at least 75% and the use of fossil fuel-based heating will be banned. It is anticipated that building regulations will evolve further to achieve carbon net zero for new builds in the future. To ensure that developments can still be delivered when they are unable, for justifiable reasons, to achieve carbon net zero, the council should seek to identify land for carbon offsetting. Any policy requirements relating to achieving carbon net zero should be set out with a sufficient level of flexibility to allow for carbon offsetting, if it can be robustly justified that achieving carbon net zero is not viable or achievable.