Curo proposal not compliant with building codes

Tom Clifford has also called Curo to account with regards to energy efficiency and sustainability . B&NES have agreed that Curo have failed to meet requirements and significant changes need to be made.

Summary follows and full comments can be seen on the planning portal. None of this is enough to stop the application in its tracks, but does show how little regard Curo have had to regulations.

Non-compliant with both SCR6 and SCR8

(Policy SCR6: Sustainable Construction Policy for New Build Residential Development which sets requirements for Space Heating, Energy Use Intensity and Renewable Energy)

(Policy SCR8: Embodied Carbon which Introduces a requirement for large scale development to submit an embodied carbon assessment.)

  •  PHPP needs to be used as this is a major application.
  •  Sustainable Construction Checklist and Energy Summary Tool 2 need to be submitted to demonstrate policy compliance with updated values.
  • Fabric standards will likely need to be further improved for policy compliance.
  • More consideration of solar PV placement required to match total energy use – revision of building design roof space may be required.
  • Entirely insufficient information for SCR8 compliance and a whole embodied carbon assessment is required for compliance to be assessed.
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