The Architects’ Journal (AJ) has reported that draft measures debated by councillors on the City’s local planning committee last month (27 April) highlighted the corporation’s intention to place greater weight on retrofitting in its 2040 City Plan.
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AJ writes:
The draft plans pointed to an update to the City’s sustainable development requirements, which could require all major proposals ‘to demonstrate that multiple options have been considered’ – including retrofitting.
Demands for a ‘retrofit first’ approach could also be inserted into the City’s overarching strategic policy on design, the corporation said….
‘A key objective of the draft City Plan is to ensure that the Square Mile transitions to a zero carbon city by 2040’, the document stated…
But campaigners wanting to save the former Museum of London site from City of London demolition proposals have questioned the guidance..
