Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 44
44
Rejected
Mandate major developers submit whole life carbon assessments for all planning applications.
Recommendation
Major developers should submit whole life carbon assessments as part of planning applications to local authorities; this should be mandatory for all major developments, as defined in the NPPF. The Government should consult on ways to financially incentivise housing development to lower full lifecycle carbon, such as introducing a levy on new build properties containing higher levels of lifecycle carbon alongside reduced taxation on lower carbon homes. (Recommendation, Paragraph 146)
Government Response Summary
The government does not agree with mandating whole life carbon assessments at this time, but commits to updating Planning Practice Guidance to assist local authorities and support developers in reducing carbon emissions.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
82. For the reasons outlined in our response to recommendation 24, we do not agree with mandating whole life carbon assessments at this time, however, we have committed to update Planning Practice Guidance to assist local authorities in considering carbon emissions within the plan-making process, and to support developers in using carbon accounting to reduce carbon emissions as part of their development proposals.