In advance of the Sustainable Development Bill, the Welsh Government has issued its SD White Paper which offers a way forward that places sustainable development as the central organising principle of public service in Wales. It sets out how the WG proposes to embed the duty for sustainable development into governance and the route, through the forthcoming legislation, to implementation including the creation of Sustainable Development Body. The consultation is open until 4 March 2013.
The Planning Division has also issued a policy clarification note which confirms the national planning policy expectancy for sustainable building as follows:
- Applications received on or after 1st September 2009 for nonresidential development which will either have a floorspace of 1,000m² or more, or will be carried out on a site having an area of one hectare or more, to meet the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) ‘Very Good’ standard and achieve
- - the mandatory credits for ‘Excellent’ under issue Ene1 – Reduction of CO2 Emissions where BREEAM 2008 applies to the development on registration under BREEAM;
- - the equivalent credits for ‘Excellent’ from BREEAM 2008 (as set out in Annex 1) where BREEAM 2011 applies to the development on registration under BREEAM.
We note with interest that the letter continues to state the future of TAN22 'will be influenced' by the ongoing review of Building Regulations Part L.
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