Westminster Property Association (WPA) has responded to Westminster City Council’s Environment Supplementary Planning Document (ESPD) consultation.
WPA is fully aligned with the principle that the property industry has a responsibility to be part of the solution to the challenge of climate change in Westminster, with the commercial property sector leading the way in finding new ways to decarbonise existing buildings and reduce embodied carbon emissions.
However, WPA has identified a number of tensions and inconsistencies between the ESPD and the emerging policy of the Partial Review of the City Plan, in particular the Retrofit First (policy 43). We are therefore agree with the City Council that the ESPD will require further updates to ensure that it is consistent with its own emerging policies on retrofit, demolition and circularity.
Read our response here
