Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
  • Introduction
  • Pollution Control
  • Dangerous Substance Establishments and Other Incompatible Land Uses
  • Contaminated Land
  • Unstable Land
  • Litter and Graffiti
  • The Water Environment
  • Overhead Power Lines
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Renewable Energy in New Developments
  • Development of Renewable Energy
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

12 Environmental Protection

Introduction

12.1 Environmental protection is a wide-ranging topic covering issues of both global and local significance. Environmental issues feature high on the public agenda and expectations of a cleaner, greener environment and a better quality of life are increasing. The need to mitigate the effects we are having on local and global environments is an essential element in achieving sustainable growth.This section complements the the sustainable development objectives defined in Section 3 of the UDP, by:-

• ensuring new development does not significantly add to pollution levels;
• reducing current pollution levels where possible;
• ensuring new development does not add to the problems of flood risk;
• encouraging the generation of electricity from renewable sources and contributing to UK and regional targets in relation to renewable energy and climate change; and
• encouraging the efficient use of energy.

The following Part One Policy applies:-

Further issues are also covered in the Minerals and Waste Management Sections.

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