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… 11 January 2021 ITEM: 5 Local Development Plan Task Force Thurrock Climate Change Strategy Wards and communities affected: Borough-wide Key Decision: No Executive Summary This paper provides an update on the work the Council is doing in in relation to the Climate Change agenda and how that work will feed into the new…

… 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…

… 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…

… requested that a Citizens Assembly on Climate Change be established as well as a Climate Change Partnership Group involving Councillors, residents, young citizens, climate science and solutions experts, businesses and other relevant parties. The Local Plan and Council ambition on Climate Change Recognising that Climate Change will be one of the major considerations for the Council and its…