New planning guidelines to help ensure new homes and developments are more friendly to the environment have been adopted.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council adopted new guidance for developers, landowners, homeowners, planning officers and others. This helps them understand how to prepare future planning applications and how we assess their environmental impact.
The new supplementary policies – adopted on 25 October 2023 – apply to all new build homes, extensions and retrofitting of homes, non-domestic and mixed-use developments.
The new supplementary planning principles are designed to provide guidance to H&F's Local Plan while addressing the climate and ecological emergency. They reflect our vision for 2030, including our ambitious target to reach net zero carbon emissions in H&F.
"Together with developers and residents, we want to transform the way we build, power and heat our buildings to ensure that new developments have no significant impact on our borough and the planet," said Cllr Wesley Harcourt, H&F Cabinet Member on Climate Change & Ecology.
"This new guidance is another important step towards our ambitious target to reach net zero carbon emissions in H&F by 2030."
Climate change guidelines and related documents
For more information about the Climate Change SPD, email: localplan@lbhf.gov.uk
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