Welcome
Welcome to the updated and new-look Planning Renewables website.
The Planning Renewables website is aimed at providing the most up-to-date and useful information for local authority planning officers and councillors. It should provide support and guidance when dealing with planning applications for renewable energy developments.
Areas such as wind, biomass, waste-to-energy and solar power, as well as many more, are all covered in relation to planning and the site is constantly being updated.
The aim is to ensure the website becomes a valuable resource for planners and councillors when dealing with planning applications for renewable energy installations.
The website arose out of feedback from more than 1,000 attendees to an on-going series of workshops on renewable energy for councillors and planning officers. These workshops were launched in 2004 as part of the then DTI's (now DECC’s) 'It's Only Natural' campaign.
It is extremely important that information on the site is continually kept up-to-date and relevant, therefore we are always seeking feedback and comments from our users. If you have an enquiry or a suggestion, please let us know by visiting our contact us page.
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- Planning Policy Statement: Planning and Climate Change - Practice Guidance
- Communities and Local Government
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A guide which makes it clear that tackling climate change is central to what is expected of good planning. The Department has join...
- www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/plannin...
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- Planning Performance Agreements for Renewable and Low Carbon Projects
- Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS)
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The Renewable and Low Carbon PPA programme is aimed at Local Planning Authorities and their development partners who wish to pursu...
- www.atlasplanning.com/page/lowcarbon.cfm
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- Dover Core Strategy Evidence Base
- IDeA
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Case study produced by IDeA showing an evidence base to support sustainable construction and renewable energy policies undertaken ...
- www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=9560694
Whole Committee Policy and Evidence Base Workshops
This half day workshop will give councillors the opportunity to discuss regional and local policy and improve your knowledge of the policy development through PPS22, PPS1 Supplement on Climate Change and the Practice Guidance that supports it, and the future challenges set out in the UK Renewable Energy Strategy July 2009.
Advanced Planning for Wind Workshop
This full-day workshop will examine the technical aspects of wind turbine/farm developments and allow participants to learn more about key issues such as shadow flicker, noise and aviation, and hence be able to make better evidence-based decisions. A team of experts in wind turbine development and planning will be present to answer questions and discuss issues throughout the day.
Policy and Evidence Base Workshops
This full-day workshop will look at 'Planning Policy Statement 1: Supplement on Climate Change' and how this widens the scope of planning for renewable energy in this country. It will continue a series of talks and group sessions which will look at developing an evidence base. A team of experts on PPS1 and developing a database, will be present to answer questions and discuss issues throughout the day.
