Planning and Energy Act 2008

The Planning and Energy Act 2008 (c 21) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Planning and Energy Act 2008[1]
Long titleAn Act to enable local planning authorities to set requirements for energy use and energy efficiency in local plans.
Citation2008 c 21
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[2]
Dates
Royal assent13 November 2008
Commencement13 November 2008[3]
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Section 1 - Energy policies

Section 1(1) provides:

A local planning authority in England may in their development plan documents, and a local planning authority in Wales may in their local development plan, include policies imposing reasonable requirements for -

(a) a proportion of energy used in development in their area to be energy from renewable sources in the locality of the development;
(b) a proportion of energy used in development in their area to be low carbon energy from sources in the locality of the development;
(c) development in their area to comply with energy efficiency standards that exceed the energy requirements of building regulations.

Section 1(2) defines the expressions "energy efficiency standards" and "energy requirements".

Section 1(3) defines the expression "appropriate national authority".

Section 2 - Interpretation

This section defines the expressions "development plan documents" and "local development plans". It provides that they have the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 respectively.

See also

References
  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 3(1) of this Act.
  2. The Planning and Energy Act 2008, section 3(2)
  3. The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)


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