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Object

Representation ID: 641

Received: 07/03/2014

Respondent: Lafarge Tarmac

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The policy should be amended to explicitly recognise that not all non-residential development can practically achieve energy and sustainability targets. The policy needs to be sufficiently flexible in order to avoid prejudicing employment generating uses and the construction industry. At paragraph 8.14 this necessary flexibility should also be acknowledged in the forthcoming SPD on Sustainable Construction.