Comment

Representation ID: 18767

Received: 09/02/2007

Respondent: East Sussex County Council

The aim should be for high environmental performance from new build, in line with RPG9 Policy INF4. The County Council has published a SPD on Construction and Demolition Waste which encourages greater resource efficiency in the use of materials and subsequent reduction of landfill waste.
Department for Education and Skills’ guidelines for new schools include the need to plan sustainably and to increasingly apply BREEM and Design Quality Indicator assessment methods.

The location of development also has a bearing on this issue and issues such as flood risk and environmental designations should be observed in the allocation of land.