Assessment of Benefits Change title?

John Paterson(Sheffield, 17th September)

web: www.lowemissionstrategies.orgemail: info@lowemissionstrategies.org

Low Emission Strategy Toolkit

Definition“A package of measures to help to mitigate the

transport impacts of development by accelerating the uptake of low emission transport fuels and technologies in and around new developments”

Using Section 106 AgreementsPPS23 Annex 1: Pollution Control, Air and Water Quality

Planning Obligations

• ‘not appropriate’ to use planning conditions to address the impact of a proposed development

• Uses of Section 106 Agreements:

• Improve air quality• Make other environmental improvements before a development

goes ahead or offset the subsequent environmental impact of a proposed development

• In particular – ‘the purchase, installation, operation and maintenance of air quality monitoring equipment or provision of other assistance or support to enable authorities to implement any necessary monitoring or other actions in pursuit of an Air Quality Action Plan’.

S106 difficulties

• By kind permission of Andrew Whittles• No pie was harmed or injured in this

presentation

Chaos

Delivering Low Emissions

• By Planning Conditions

• By Mitigation specified measures within S.106.

• Use of funding from S.106 AQ contribution to deliver the Air Quality Action Plan

Example of Mitigation Measures Achieved via Section 106 Agreements

• Construction Stage measures incl.fleet/NRMM • Car clubs• Restricted parking provisions/Zero parking• Differential parking charges• Electric Charging points• Delivery Fleet measures• CHP• Secure cycling provision• Grants towards retro-fitting exhaust abatement• Travel plans• Bus Fleet/council fleet upgrading• Low emission travel incentivesEtc., Etc.

Low Emission Schemes via S106

All Development in excess of 10 residential units or commercial development over 500 sq.m. subject to a LES strategy of varying complexity and standards.

Financial Contributions: Using Supplementary Planning Documents

(SPD)s

Helps to strengthen development and

delivery of LES

Provides advice on how contributions

will be assessed and the process by

which contributions will be sought

Greenwich’s S106 AQ Income

• Projected Income £2,102,657

• Invoices raised £679,997

• Received £551,997

• Spent £255,506

Expenditure

• Predominantly until 2008 on Monitoring network (12 Automatic stations running costs covered to 2012)

• Emphasis on early S106s on “Environmental Monitoring” Now on delivering Air Quality Action Plan.

Commitments

• Electric Charging Points

Public realm £80K• Electric Charging Points

Royal Arsenal £25K• Electric Charging Points

Royal Academy £15K• Biomethane Infrastructure £50K • Replacing AQ van (low/zero emission) £30K• LES project £20K

How effective are LES measures in reducing

emissions, improving health and what is the cost/benefit?

Difficult to assess risks and benefits of mitigation or compensating/offsetting measures

due to lack of robust data

Assessment of Benefits Project

Background

• New developments can increase the risk of exposure to key pollutants and emissions of greenhouse gases due to changed transport flows or new activity.

• Opportunity during the planning process to mitigate these risks – i.e. AQAPs, S.106 Agreements, SPD contributions.

• Evidence based approach to developing and implementing planning policy, the LES-AoB project will quantify the impact that LES measures can have in minimising and mitigating the impacts related to development.

• Robust quantitative conclusions will assist LAs in assessing the benefits of LES as part of the AQAP

Low Emission Strategy ToolKit

Two components:

1. Assessment of Benefits

2.Vehicle Emission Toolkit

Aim 1 – Development control

• Establish - a LES Toolkit for LAs in association with developers, to appraise emission reduction options

• Goal - is to quantify baseline emissions of NOX, PMs and CO2 associated locally with developments and total emissions from vehicles associated with the developments

• Produce - emissions data with lower emitting vehicles and options substituted.

• Quantification - of health benefits and damage costs• Inform - further development of planning obligations and

S.106 contribution formulae

Aim 2 – LA Fleets

• Data and tools assist LAs to develop LES to reduce emissions from their own fleets and activities.

• Achieve emission reductions and National Indicator targets

• Build on existing work • Enable LAs to confidently develop LES, with

evaluated knowledge of their impacts and allow for standardisation

Funding

Estimated Project cost - £125,000 for Assessment of Benefits and Vehicle Emissions Toolkit

Contributing Authorities:

Wigan Sheffield

Leeds Wandsworth

Greenwich City of London Hillingdon

Commissioning of Project

– Expressions of Interest received– DEADLINE 26 August– 8 received– Tender: End 2009– Report: Spring 2010– Dissemination: Spring 2010

Conclusion

Toolkit to dispel “back of a fag packet”

mitigation

Defensible in discussion with Developers

(particularly relevant in the “Credit Crunch” age)

Definition“A package of Appropriate measures to help to

mitigate the transport impacts of development by accelerating the uptake of low emission transport fuels and technologies in and around new developments”

Contacts

Low Emission Strategies Development

Programme – AoB Project• John Paterson

john.paterson@greenwich.gov.uk• Andrew Whittles

andrew.whittles@cenex.co.uk

‘Encouraging wider adoption of low emission strategies by local authorities and supporting the effective use of associated policies and measures’