{"id":36054,"date":"2023-03-31T16:54:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36054"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:54:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:54:56","slug":"city-of-london-says-consider-green-alternatives-to-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36054","title":{"rendered":"City of London says: \u2018Consider green alternatives to demolition\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Developers in the City of London will be asked to consider alternatives to demolition at the earliest stage of the planning process \u2013 in a \u2018pioneering\u2019 scheme aimed at reducing the Square Mile\u2019s carbon footprint.<\/h3>\n

image: for illustration – \u00a9 User:Colin and Kim Hansen<\/a> \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 to give substantial, detailed consideration to retaining and refurbishing buildings rather than simply knocking them down\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

City of London Corporation writes:<\/p>\n

The City of London Corporation is the first planning authority in the country to issue planning guidance in which developers will be expected to carry out a detailed review of the carbon impact of development options before submitting an application.<\/p>\n

They should consider refurbishing existing buildings rather than knocking them down and replacing them with brand new structures, to reduce embodied carbon \u2013 the emissions produced during construction. The guidance was adopted today by the City Corporation\u2019s Planning and Transportation Committee.<\/p>\n

City of London Corporation Planning and Transportation Committee Chairman Shravan Joshi said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis pioneering planning guidance puts the City at the forefront of the growing drive to give substantial, detailed consideration to retaining and refurbishing buildings rather than simply knocking them down and starting from scratch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will provide clarity for developers, who are themselves in increasing numbers looking to explore the environmental and financial advantages of retrofitting or refurbishing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn an area as dynamic and well-connected as the City, there will always be the potential for new builds, but this guidance, which supports our ambitious sustainability targets, will promote lower carbon alternatives where appropriate and assist developers in putting carbon considerations front and centre when preparing an application.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guidance, encapsulated in the City Corporation\u2019s Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Optioneering Planning Advice Note, was adopted following a consultation with industry experts and other stakeholders which garnered \u2018broad support\u2019.<\/p>\n

Developers will also be expected to provide details of how their proposed building will operate as energy efficiently as possible. The analysis will be taken into account by City planners when determining planning applications.<\/p>\n

The new guidance applies to major developments \u2013 those greater than 1,000 sq m of floorspace \u2013 and developments which propose knocking down most of the existing structure.<\/p>\n

It supports the City Corporation\u2019s Climate Action Strategy, which commits the Square Mile\u2019s governing body to achieve net zero in its own operations by 2027 and to support the City as a whole to reach net zero by 2040.<\/p>\n

Recent examples of buildings to be refurbished rather than demolished include the redevelopment of Fleet House, in New Bridge Street, which was approved by the City Corporation in January and will see almost three quarters of the existing structure retained.<\/p>\n

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