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… section to meeting the challenges of climate change, including flooding and coastal change, stating that the planning system should “shape places in ways that contribute to radical reductions to greenhouse gas emissions, minimise vulnerability and increase resilience; encourage the reuse of existing resources, including the conversion of existing buildings; and support renewable and low carbon…

… with the objectives of NPPF, in October 2019 Thurrock Council carried a motion resolving to declare a Climate Emergency that requires urgent action, request that the council’s activities become carbon net zero by 2030 and request that the council embed this work in all of its areas and take responsibility for reducing, as rapidly as possible, carbon emissions from council activities. The Council also…

… Local Plan for Thurrock. Introduction The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2019) sets out that the planning system has three overarching objectives in achieving sustainable development. The third of these, the environmental objective, includes “to mitigate and adapt to climate change, including moving to a low-carbon economy”. The NPPF goes further to provide a dedicated…

… energy and supported infrastructure.” To achieve this, the NPPF sets out a number of planning policy objectives on, for example, resilience and vulnerability of new development, the use and supply of renewable and low carbon energy, and management of flood risk, as well as how local planning authorities can support local initiatives for renewable and low carbon energy generation. In line…

… requirements applicable to Thurrock, with how best to respond to these;  How best to integrate climate change objectives from the current corporate documents, local plan processes, policy and operations;  An outline of the initiatives to focus on in the Local Plan, recognising Thurrock as a growth area against its obligation to manage climate change and reduce emissions…