Evidence base for our new Local Plan

Part of: New Local Plan

The new local plan will be informed by evidence on a range of planning issues including housing, employment, retail, biodiversity and viability.

Evidence base documents currently completed:

Delivering net zero-carbon report

Following the adoption of Part L 2021 of Building Regulations on 15 June 2022, we commissioned a team of consultants to review the evidence for our energy and carbon planning policy targets in light of changes to Part L.

See the delivering net zero page for details.