6 — Sustainable Construction Standards.

A. Developments will be required to achieve the highest standards of sustainable design and construction. Applicants will be required to complete the following: Residential development 1. Development of 1 dwelling unit or more will be required to complete the Sustainable Construction Checklist SPD. A completed Checklist must be submitted as part of the planning application. Richmond upon Thames Local Plan Track Changes Version for Environment Committee Sep 2. All new-build residential developments must achieve a four-star rating (as a minimum) under the BRE Home Quality Mark scheme. 3. Proposals for conversions or change of use to residential will be required to meet BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment ‘Outstanding’ standard or equivalent. If a developer can provide evidence from an accredited BREEAM assessor that achieving ‘Outstanding’ is not technically feasible than ‘Excellent’ would be acceptable. 4. Development that results in a new residential dwelling, including conversions, change of use, and extensions that result in a new dwelling unit, must be designed to be water efficient and reduce water consumption. Refurbishments and other non-domestic development will be expected to meet BREEAM water-efficiency credits. Residential development must not exceed a maximum water use of 105 litres per head per day (excluding the allowance of up to 5 litres for external water consumption) using the ‘Fittings Approach’ in Table 2.2 of Part G of Building Regulations. Planning conditions will be applied to new residential development to ensure that the water efficiency standards are met. will be required to incorporate water conservation measures to achieve maximum water consumption of 110 litres per person per day for homes (including an allowance of 5 litres or less per person per day for external water consumption). Non-residential development 5. Development of 100sqm or more of non-residential floor space (including changes of use, conversions, and extensions) will be required to complete the Sustainable Construction Checklist SPD. A completed Checklist has to be submitted as part of the planning application. 6. New non-residential buildings over 500sqm will be required to meet BREEAM Nondomestic New Construction ‘Outstanding’ standard or equivalent. A ‘verification stage’ certification at post occupancy stage must also be achieved, unless it can be demonstrated that this is not feasible. If a developer can provide evidence from an accredited BREEAM assessor that achieving ‘Outstanding’ is not technically feasible than ‘Excellent’ would be acceptable. 7. All major non-residential refurbishment of existing buildings and conversions over 500sqm will be required to achieve a final (post-construction) certified rating of ‘Outstanding’ under BREEAM Non-domestic Refurbishment and Fit-out ‘Outstanding’ standard or equivalent. The scope of works of the development must include a full fit-out, unless it can be demonstrated that this is not feasible. Fabric efficiency standards B.

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