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Enable
local planning authorities to make certain requirements regarding
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generation, conservation
and use of energy; to require local planning |
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authorities to consider
specifying requirements for the generation of |
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renewable and low carbon
energy and the imposition of energy efficiency |
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standards when determining
planning applications; and for connected |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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A local planning authority
may in its development plan and development plan |
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documents specify that
any person making an application for planning |
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permission should include
such reasonable provision as the authority may |
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the generation of energy
from renewable sources as part of the |
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the generation of low carbon
energy as part of the proposed |
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the use of energy from
a local decentralised energy system outwith the |
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proposed development; and |
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an energy efficiency standard
in all, part or parts of the proposed |
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development that exceeds
that required by any building regulations in |
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force at the time of the
application. |
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“development plan”
has the same meaning as in the Planning and |
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Compulsory Purchase Act
2004 (c. 5); |
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“development plan
document” has the same meaning as in the Planning |
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and Compulsory Purchase
Act 2004; |
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“local planning authority” has the same meaning
as in the Town and |
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Country Planning Act 1990
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For the purposes of any
area in Wales the development plan is the local |
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development plan adopted
or approved in relation to that area. |
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A “decentralised
energy system” is a system in which electricity is generated
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within a radius of 25 kilometres
of its use. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited
as the Local Planning Authorities (Energy and Energy |
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The preceding provisions
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12 months beginning with
the day on which this Act is passed. |
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(3) |
This Act extends to England
and Wales. |
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