Comment
Central Bedfordshire Design Guide SPD
Representation ID: 16176
Received: 15/03/2023
Respondent: Prof. Chris Brierley
I support the inclusion of a section on sustainability as 5.27. However, I feel that it reads as being insufficiently positive. This design guide will be in place during the time when the vast majority of the heritage assets must be retrofit to meet the council’s net zero aims. I feel that you start with by providing that expectation, along with stating the net zero target. The current text allows developers to consider sustainability as an extra, albeit an encouraged one.
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I support the inclusion of a section on sustainability as 5.27. However, I feel that it reads as being insufficiently positive. This design guide will be in place during the time when the vast majority of the heritage assets must be retrofit to meet the council’s net zero aims. I feel that you start with by providing that expectation, along with stating the net zero target. The current text allows developers to consider sustainability as an extra, albeit an encouraged one.