Low Emission Strategiesin Practice

Rob Pilling (London, 12th May 2009)

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

Contents

• Low Emission Strategies - Emissions or concentrations? - Which emissions and how?

• Planning based Low Emission Strategies

• The LES Programme – progress and future plans

• Structure for the rest of day

• Shift of focus within LAQM from R&A to action plan delivery, demonstrable progress required

• Emphasis on quantitative assessment approaches, requires robust metrics

• Need for broader and more effective working across local authority functions, requires simple, engaging and actionable metrics

• Desire for integration with climate change policies and measures, which are themselves driven by emissions based assessment

Emissions or concentrations?

=> Tonnes of emissions reduced is an increasingly important and relevant metric

• London Low Emission Zone

• Defra Practice Guidance Documents

• The LES/LEZ forum

• Beacons LES (planning) Guidance

• The LES Programme and Partnership(www.lowemissionstrategies.org.uk)

Which Emissions and How?

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AQ & CC

‘a package of policies & measures…’

‘secured through a combination of planning conditions & legal obligations…’

‘to mitigate the transport impacts of development by accelerating the uptake of low emission transport fuels and technologies in and around a new development…’

• Specification of minimum emissions standards to be achieved by service vehicles accessing the site

• Residential car parking with a graduated annual charge depending on Euro standard and/or vehicle VED rating

• Contributions to enhance provision of local public transport, supporting deployment of low emission technologies

• Provision of electrical vehicle charging points

• Provision of car club, deploying low emission vehicles

Some Key Measures…

‘A practical approach for mitigating cumulative impacts’

Contributions to a ‘general low emission strategy fund,’ can be deployed flexibly to support a wide range of low emission projects, policies and strategic activities

Standardised Charging

• Corporate commitment and senior buy-in

• Effective cross-department working

• Basic policies and systems in place(LDF, SPD, standard terms, ways of working)

Putting LES into practice (1)

• Key challenges:

– Selection and refinement of funding formula

– Impacts assessment and evidence base

– Management and deployment of ‘106 funds’

– Technology deployment strategy

Putting things into practice (2)

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

Peer Group Initiative

Policy & Guidance

Case studies & Dissemination

Beacons LES Guidance Workshops,

Training & Qualifications

Programme Board, Advisory Group and Independent Evaluation

Communications Strategy (website, newsletter, PR plan)

Low Emission Strategies Development Programme

Peer Group Projects Support & Demonstrate Progress

Progress in managing the transport impacts of new developments though the use of low emission strategies’

Benchmark, Toolkit & Resources Provide Tools & Resources

Ground tested tools, which enable any authority to assess their starting position, identify opportunities for progression and develop and implement an action plan

National Policy and Guidance Facilitate Dialogue

Facilitate a dialogue … enable learnings to feed into central government policy thinking

Communication strategy Maximise Dissemination

Strengthen awareness and understanding… provide engaging case studies

Phase I Programme Objectives

Phase II Peer Support 2nd phase funding from CLG (plus match funding under development)

£150k grant from CLG to pursue second phase of peer support activities. Working proposal is to operate via regional hubs, spreading good practice locally, backed up with national resource and expertise

Enhanced Toolkit & Resources 2009/10 Defra AQ fund bids

With particular emphasis on (i) impacts assessment, (ii) Technology guidance and (iii) case studies database

Low Emissions Forum Funding options under review

Open forum to encourage knowledge sharing across the ‘Low Emissions Community’

Future Plans (for discussion)

• Getting the fundamentals in place

• Aspects of policy for planning based LES

• Strategic opportunities for technology deployment

• Tackling the challenges - Funding Formulae

- Technology Deployment

- Impacts Assessment

Feedback forms to capture impressions and opinions from all participants.

Meeting report will inform partnership development and future directions

Structure for the rest of the day