Preferred Approach 45: Renewable Energy - Standalone Schemes
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 300
Received: 23/07/2008
21.9 agree
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 301
Received: 23/07/2008
(21.10) agree
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 372
Received: 24/07/2008
no comment
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 408
Received: 30/06/2008
No comment
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 460
Received: 23/06/2008
No comment
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1131
Received: 08/07/2008
THE LDF should include a robust criteria based policy that will be used to assess all applications for renewable energy developments. It is important that the Plan presents a positive, objective and robust approach to renewable energy for the wider and local benefit. As such, BWEA recommend that the Council include specific development control policy on renewable energy, focusing on the key criteria that will be used to judge applications, and providing direct reference to PPS22. PPS22 states that local development documents should contain policies designed to promote and encourage, rather than restrist, the development of renewable energy resources. BWEA therefore recommend that policies designed to safeguard the character and setting of listed buildings, conservation areas and greenbelt, for example, have regard to the positive contribution that renewable energy can play in reducing the Council's overall CO2 emissions and that mitigating against the environmentally damaging effects of climate change.
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1132
Received: 08/07/2008
landscape and nature conservation designations should not be used in themselves to refuse planning permission for renewable energy developments. Planning applications for renewable energy developments in such areas should be assessed against criteria that are specific to the type of area concerned. Local authorities should ensure that any local approach to protecting landscape & townscape is consistent with PPS22 and does not preclude the supply of any type of renewable energy other than in the most exceptional circumstances.
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1134
Received: 08/07/2008
Planning authorities should not make assumptions about the technical and commercial feasability of renewable energy projects (eg. identifying generalised locations for development based on mean wind speeds). technological change can mean that sites currently excluded as locations for particular types of renewable energy development may in future be suitable. Similarly, local planning authorities should not require applicants for energy development to demonstrate either the overall need for renewable energy and its distribution, nor question the energy justification for why a proposal for such development must be sited in a particular location.
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1135
Received: 08/07/2008
All information requested of applicants should be proportionate to the scale of the proposed development, its likely impact on and vulnerability to climate change, and be consistent with that needed to demonstrate conformity with the development plan and Climate change supplement to PPS1. Specific & standalone assessments of new developments should not be required where the requisite info. can be made available to the planning authority through other submitted documents.
An applicant for planning permission to develop a key proposal that will contribute to delivery of Key Planning Objectives set out in Climate Change Supplement to PPS1 should expect expeditious and sympathetic handling of planning application.
Practical guidance & support on implementation of policies in Climate Change Supplement to PPS1 can be found in its companion guide.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1175
Received: 08/07/2008
Strongly support the use of renewable energy