Including the closely related terms local plan, and local.
…- powered journeys • Create a ‘Green Bank’ to help residents and businesses pay for the cost of environmentally positive improvements to homes, offices and equipment • Construct solar farms for the generation of clean energy for our community • Revise our Local Plan to require carbon-neutral construction and environmentally beneficial infrastructure • Plant 250,000 new trees over the next five…
…. Figure 1. Climate Emergency Plan and its links to other Wokingham Borough Council Plans and Strategies Wokingham Borough Council Corporate Plan Wokingham Borough Council Sustainable Environment Strategy Other Council Strategies and Plans Waste Recycling Strategy Air Quality Action Plan Sustainable Local Transport Plan 4 Local Plan Update Biodiversity Action Plan Councils Risk…
… by 2026. The Local Plan Update (LPU) is scheduled to be adopted in winter 2021 which will set out additional development targets up to 2036. Wokingham Borough Council recognises that this growth will increase carbon dioxide 5 Source: National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (2017) -15.2 0.0 3.9 8.3 10.2 17.3 39.8 71.5 93.7 174.2 177.2 LULUCF…
… are supplied with net zero carbon energy. This will not only increase the production of renewable energy, but has the potential to generate an income, which will then be reinvested into delivering other carbon dioxide reduction projects. 4. Create a Local Plan that Specifies Net Zero Carbon Construction and Infrastructure All major residential and commercial developments will be expected…
… to deliver high sustainable construction standards. Policies to enable this will be embedded in the upcoming Local Plan Update (LPU). Within the statutory planning framework, Wokingham Borough Council aims to encourage, as far as possible, sustainable lifestyles that are net zero carbon. To this end, developments will enable the use of walking, cycling and public transport through ensuring…