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Factual changes to the Climate Change SPD as
follows.
LPDMP Policy D14 2 (b) requires applicants to provide a
sustainability rating for building materials with reference to a
respected materials rating database. The Policy and SPD refer to
Building Research Establishment’s (BRE) Green Guide materials
rating database as the way to demonstrate policy compliance for
minor developments.
BRE have announced they are withdrawing the Green Guide to
Specification. The CC SPD is being updated to remove the
requirement for minor developments to submit information with
reference to a respected materials database because the database is
being withdrawn. LPDMP Policy D14 2 (a) which refers to the need to
source materials locally will continue to apply. This has some
impact on the embodied carbon of a material but is not affected by
the withdrawal of the Green Guide.