The TCPA is delighted that the High Court has quashed the Planning Inspectorate’s attempt to water down net zero buildings policies in the Salt Cross Area Action Plan. The judgement upholds the right of local authorities to set planning policies that deliver net zero homes and highlights the confusing mess that the Government has created in national policy on planning for climate change.
Since the court hearing, a new Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) which seeks to restrict local authorities from pursuing similar policies has been published, and our attention now turns to addressing this setback. Read the TCPA’s response to the 13 December 2023 WMS and local plan policy for net zero.
Related posts:
Salt Cross: a serious error of judgement (March 2023)
The Planning Inspectorate’s assault on an exemplary Net Zero planning policy fuels the climate crisis (July 2022)
