Decision details

LDF = Local Development Framework

AAP = Area Action Plan

DPD = Development Plan Document

See also South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework (LDF)

Council AGREED the following recommendations, subject to issues raised during discussion:

(a)               To confirm the Preferred Approach for developing renewable energy sources (CS61) through development of a criteria-based policy, including visual and noise impact;

(b)               To confirm the Preferred Approach that at least 10% of the energy needs of larger developments be met by renewable energy technologies (CS62), and that the threshold for providing renewable energy should be lowered from 50 dwellings to 10 dwellings; and

(c)               That the Preferred Approach for all new development would be to require developers to maximise energy efficiency through sustainable design and construction and to encourage developers to strive to achieve energy efficiency standards above the minimum Building Regulations’ standards in force at that time (CS63).