Net Zero Carbon Development Plan

Support

Representation ID: 72126

Received: 10/09/2021

Respondent: Kenilworth Town Council

We welcome the DPD as a major step towards ensuring that all “all new developments should be net zero carbon in operation” thus enabling the “achievement of national and local carbon reduction targets”. There are several technical areas which we believe may be improved or amended.

General
The overall tone of the document is soft. It should be tightened by substituting words such as ‘asking’ with words like ‘must’ to ensure that the policies are given appropriate weight. Phrases such as ‘demonstrates …have been considered’ (NZC2(B) page 23) should be avoided as they are too vague to be meaningful and allow opponents to the policies to argue for alternatives.