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Object
Core Strategy and Policies DPD Review - Pre-Submission of Main Modifications
Representation ID: 24267
Received: 20/11/2015
Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd (HBF)
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Requiring residential development to achieve a 19% improvement in energy efficiency over Part L of the Building Regulations is contrary to national policy in the Written Ministerial Statement March 2015, the Deregulation Act 2015 (S.43), and Fixing the Foundations July 2015. The Government is not proceeding with zero carbon Allowable Solutions or the proposed 2016 increase in on-site energy efficiency standards. It does not wish LPAs to set targets higher than the Building Regulations. The Council cannot require that applicants go further than Part L 2013. The Council should also consider the viability implications of the water efficiency standard.
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