Object
Net Zero Carbon Development Plan
Representation ID: 72129
Received: 12/09/2021
Respondent: Jenny Bevan
In my experience of how developers interpret planning conditions, this offsetting will happen far more often than this policy will expect. It will end up being used as a 'cash incentive' for councils to allow a development that should be refused on the basis of this policy. In Bishop's Tachbrook, AC Lloyd was allowed to offset 'biodiversity' losses by setting aside land far away, in a different district. This cannot be allowed under this policy. The carbon offset MUST benefit the immediate local people so people living in hugely affected areas benefit from the reduction in carbon.
In my experience of how developers interpret planning conditions, this offsetting will happen far more often than this policy will expect. It will end up being used as a 'cash incentive' for councils to allow a development that should be refused on the basis of this policy. In Bishop's Tachbrook, AC Lloyd was allowed to offset 'biodiversity' losses by setting aside land far away, in a different district. This cannot be allowed under this policy. The carbon offset MUST benefit the immediate local people so people living in hugely affected areas benefit from the reduction in carbon.