Including the closely related terms local plan, and local.
… Waste Recycling Service was implemented in 2020 and has achieved an 2% increase by tonnage in recycling whereas all other North Yorkshire collection authorities experienced an average reduction of 0.2%. Our new Local Plan is making excellent progress since we started this work in late 2019 and has put sustainable development at the heart of its approach, with a focus on mitigating and adapting…
… to reduce our scope 3 CO2 emissions through sustainable procurement and offsetting. · Workstream 5: Natural Environment and Biodiversity - Protect and improve the quality of the natural environment and biodiversity across the district including addressing flood risk and planning for sustainable development through the new Local Plan. · Workstream 6: Influencing Others in the District - Work…
… we are encouraging sustainable patterns of development and that the potential impacts of flooding both now and in the future are planned for and mitigation measures identified. Some of these are already being done: · Policies within our new Local Plan include requirements for net biodiversity gain on new developments. · We are a member of the White Rose Forest Partnership, giving us access…
…. It is our responsibility to ensure any new development has as small an impact as possible and is designed to be sustainable long into the future. This can be influenced and controlled through how we deal with planning applications, the policies in the Local Plan and by how we develop and deliver major capital programmes such as new affordable housing provided by the Council. Some of these are already…
… being done: · Progress on the new Local Plan has been excellent since work started in late 2019 with climate change and low carbon principles at the centre of the approach including considering flood risk and mitigation, the importance of green infrastructure and encouraging sustainable travel and patterns of development. Consideration is also being given to guiding the main development to sustainable…