City pushes ahead with ‘pioneering’ whole-life carbon policy

By Jim Dunton2023-03-13T13:12:00

Design teams required to submit detailed impact figures for range of development options

The City of London Corporation is introducing new planning guidance that will require developers and their design teams to submit specific information about the comparative carbon impact of a range of alternatives for proposals at pre-application stage.

Members of the City’s Planning and Transportation Committee this week agreed to adopt the guidance, which is brought together in the Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Optioneering Planning Advice Note.

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