Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15601
Received: 05/05/2016
Respondent: Croudace Strategic Ltd
Agent: Barton Willmore
We do not consider it appropriate to make reference to Building Regulations within Local Plan policies. BBC cannot require Applicants to comply with any standards other than the Building Regulations and the optional technical standards if these are adopted by the Council. As Written Ministerial Statement 25 March 2015 states:
From the date the Deregulation Bill 2015 is given Royal Assent, local planning authorities...should not set in their emerging Local Plans, neighbourhood plans, or supplementary planning documents, any additional local technical standards or requirements relating to the construction, internal layout or performance of new dwellings. This includes any policy requiring any level of the Code for Sustainable Homes to be achieved by development.
See attached.