The City of London Corporation is introducing new planning guidance that will require developers and their design teams to submit specific information about the comparative carbon impact of a range of alternatives for proposals at pre-application stage.

Members of the City’s Planning and Transportation Committee this week agreed to adopt the guidance, which is brought together in the Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Optioneering Planning Advice Note.

Previously, major applications submitted to the City did not require a whole-life carbon assessment, although they were supposed to achieve a minimum of BREEAM “excellent” certification rating for sustainability.

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