Comply or cough up: Unpicking London's radical zero carbon rules

摘要

From the beginning of next month all new housing schemes in the capital with more than 10 homes will have to meet a tough new zero carbon requirement Developers in London will either need to comply or pay up. This shift which is set out in Policy 5.2 of the London Plan is, in some ways, trailblazing. In May, the government effectively abandoned zero carbon for the rest of England following a back-and-forth between the House of Commons and the Lords. The new London policy ramps up the capital's existing rules, which require all new homes to reduce their carbon emissions by 35 per cent more than the Part L minimum.