Greening SPD
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The Greening Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) provides planning guidance on how development can help reduce carbon emissions and support a healthier environment in the borough.
Adoption of the Greening SPD
The council's Leadership Team adopted the Greening SPD on 9 June 2021.
Find out more information on the Leadership Team meetings page.
The Council published a Draft Greening SPD for a six-week consultation from 12 January to 23 February 2021.
The consultation document can be found on the Planning Policy consultations page.
What the Greening SPD covers
The Greening SPD explains how planning can help towards reducing carbon emissions and promoting a healthier borough.
It includes guidance on:
- our energy policies, both for new build and retrofitting the Borough’s substantial historic building stock
- the reduction of toxic emissions
- controlling air pollution
- urban greening
- flooding
- biodiversity
Documents
Last updated: 14 April 2026