Merton Rule

List of Boroughs

Submitted by admin on June 24, 2008 - 19:08. 10% renewables | Merton Rule

10+% Renewable Energy Policies

Help us keep this list up to date: This is an informal list of local authorities adopting, or considering adopting, prescriptive Merton Rule-like policies. Please help us to keep this list up to date. If your borough is implementing "The Merton Rule" and is not listed, please let us know using the Contact Us page.

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The Merton Rule Map

Submitted by admin on June 16, 2006 - 10:45. Map | Merton Rule

Below is an (now considerably out of date) interactive map of the list of boroughs (much more up to date) that have adopted, or are in the process of adopting Merton Rule style policies. On the 8th of June 2006 Yvette Cooper, the Minister for Housing and Planning, announced that ‘Government expect all planning authorities to include policies in their development plans that require a percentage of the energy in new developments to come from on-site renewables’ so essentially the whole map should now be yellow (actively progressing), light green (included in draft SPD/ LDF) or dark green (fully adopted).

A spreadsheet with some of the data used to generate this map is attached to the bottom of the list of boroughs page.

How to use the map

Use the zoom bar on the right to zoom in and out
Use the mini-map at the bottom right to move around the country

Navigation Tips

Click and drag on the map to select an area to zoom into
Click anywhere on the map to centre the map on that area

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UPDATE: This map (and the list) previously reported that 49 boroughs had fully adopted Merton Rule type policies. However, this was an error on our part based on the misinterpretation on data supplied to us by the TCPA. All boroughs previously reported as having "Fully Adopted" a Merton Rule type policy HAVE fully adopted pro-renewables policies, but not necessarily Merton Rule type ones, and so have been removed from the list and/or moved in to the appropriate column. Apologies for any confusion caused.

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TCPA Planning for Climate Change Conference – London

Start: 2007-01-22 09:00

End: 2007-01-22 16:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT-1

Location: City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA

Recent changes to the scientific and political landscapes will be addressed to bring delegates up to date with how climate change is being placed firmly at the heart of planning policy and decision making. This will include the siginificant impact that The Merton Rule is having upon all major developments across the UK.

solarcentury's Energy Strategies workshop will share good practice from a range of constuction projects to have achieved 10% carbon displacement using onsite renewable energies. This workshop is for developers and planners wanting to understand how to identify and deliver suitable onsite renewables for specific projects.

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