Object

Representation ID: 5945

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Baildon & Shipley Friends of the Earth

1. Refer to the Merton Local Plan, which requires the highest standards of sustainable design and construction.
2. A sustainable construction checklist SPD is required for many developments.
3. EN 10 states that the Council and its partners will “maximise” improvements in energy conservation and so on; yet then states that zero carbon standards will only need to be met for developments of fifty plus houses. This is a striking contradiction and should be amended so that all new developments (including single dwellings), residential and non-residential, should achieve zero carbon standards.
4. Certain stringent requirements concerning heating, need to be met, with a hierarchy dictating the source for the communal heating system.