Planning for Climate Change

• Evidence of climate change
• Taking action in Haringey
• Good practice
• Householders guide
• Working with partners
• Training and capacity building

Evidence of climate change

There is now a wide body of scientific evidence to support the view that climate change is a serious and urgent issue. Investigations into the causes of climate change has identified that energy use in buildings is one of the key reasons for the rise in carbon emissions which is directly linked to global warming.

In order to calculate CO2 emissions generated within the borough, we recently developed a scenario which estimated that Haringey produced 967 kilo tonnes per annum (ktpa) during the year 2003. This is equivalent to every Haringey resident flying to New York and back five times a year. Haringey’s baseline information shows that energy use in the domestic sector is responsible for 50% of CO2 emissions, transport is responsible for 18% and the rest of the emissions come from non-domestic buildings including council offices.

Taking action in Haringey

One of the key areas of action for reducing CO2 emissions in Haringey is through controlling CO2 emissions in new build developments. We have developed planning policies and guidance to help promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings, and to reduce the amount of energy used in fossil fuels.

Haringey’s planning policies are contained in the Unitary Development Plan (UDP) which was adopted in July 2006 after two statutory public consultation stages and a public inquiry. Related climate change policies include:

• Sustainable Design and Construction (Development and Urban Design Chapter, policy UD1A)
• Energy efficiency (Environment chapter, policy ENV9)
• Renewable energy (Environment chapter, policy ENV10)
• Flood Protection (Environment chapter, policy ENV1)

Copies of the two chapters of the UDP referenced here can be found in the attached files section below.

Promoting Good Practice across the borough

The Council recently set up the Haringey Design Awards that seek to recognise and promote innovative, diverse, high quality and sustainable design in the local built environment. Awards include a category for sustainable design and construction and energy efficiency.

Householders Guide: Are you planning home improvements?

Whatever type of homes we live in, we can all take actions to make them greener, healthier and more comfortable places to live.

Positive changes can be made in many ways and can also save you money. Ideas to make your home greener include, changing light bulbs or your boiler for better energy efficiency, installing a water butt in your garden to save water, or installing solar panels on your extension to obtain hot water.

See Haringey Council’s ‘Greening Your Home’ guide for more information on how to renovate and improve your home in an environmentally sensitive way.

You can also check if your house needs energy efficiency measures by using Haringey’s Home Heat Loss page.

Working with others

European Partners

Haringey Council is working with others to develop good practice examples on planning for climate change across London and beyond. We recently participated in a European project called RegEnergy (see external links section) by providing guidance on the integration of climate change concerns into spatial planning processes across Europe.

Haringey Council is also a partner in the Sustainable Energy Europe campaign (see external links section) which aims to raise awareness and change the landscape of energy. This is a European Commission initiative.

Training and Capacity Building

Haringey is one of the three local authorities working with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the London Energy Partnership (LEP) (see external links section) to develop training packages to equip planners across the capital with the skills to deal with the impact of climate change.

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Filename	Filetype	Size
haringey udp 2 - development and urban design.pdf	PDF	89K
haringey udp 3 - environment.pdf	PDF	250K
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Useful External Links

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• RegEnergy
• Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign
• Greater London Authority (GLA)
• London Energy Partnership (LEP)

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