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the boroughs and other relevant stakeholders to ensure compatibility
between decentralised energy networks as they are developed in London.
Boroughs are encouraged to make use of these specifications and standards
when developing network opportunities in their borough. They may also
wish to explore the use of local development orders (LDOs) for
implementation purposes. Further information on proposals to support the
wider uptake of DE systems in London can be found in the Mayor’s Climate
Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy.
POLICY 5.6 DECENTRALISED ENERGY IN DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSALS
Planning decisions
A Development proposals should evaluate the feasibility of Combined Heat
and Power (CHP) systems, and where a new CHP system is appropriate
also examine opportunities to extend the system beyond the site boundary
to adjacent sites.
B Major development proposals should select energy systems in accordance
with the following hierarchy:
1 Connection to existing heating or cooling networks;
2 Site wide CHP network;
3 Communal heating and cooling;
C Potential opportunities to meet the first priority in this hierarchy are
outlined in the London Heat Map tool. Where future network
opportunities are identified, proposals should be designed to connect to
these networks.
5.37 Development proposals should seek to connect to existing or planned DE
networks. Linking a new development to an existing CHP system may be the
most resource efficient option, allowing more effective use to be made of heat,
power and cooling. If it is not possible to link to an existing system, the
feasibility of CHP needs to be considered on a site-wide basis connecting
different uses and/or group of buildings or an individual building.
Investment in heat and cooling distribution infrastructure should be
considered in all developments. CHP systems must be designed to run
efficiently and be optimally sized to maximise carbon dioxide savings.
5.38 Opportunities to incorporate energy from waste or, where technically
feasible, renewable energy should be investigated. However, the design of
such systems should also seek to minimise impacts on air quality (see Policy
7.14). Where a district CHP system provides part of a development’s power
and/or heating and/or cooling demand, suitable renewable energy
technologies should be considered in addition, in accordance with Policy 5.7
and the Mayor’s energy hierarchy. In this area of policy, as all others,
feasibility includes questions of financial and technical viability. There are
recognised ways of identifying and assessing these. These will ensure that
requirements are not imposed on the development that could lead to
uneconomic costs on occupiers.
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