Practice Guidance: Planning for Renewable and Low Carbon Energy – A Toolkit for Planners

The Toolkit offers a methodology which enables local authorities to develop a robust evidence base to assess the potential renewable and low carbon energy generation.  The information can underpin renewable energy and low carbon energy policies in the local development plan.

The Toolkit can also aid development management officers in:

• discussions with developers about opportunities for district heating and waste heat;
• identifying the potential of new energy generation schemes in supplying new or existing developments; and 
• the case of wind power, assist officers in the merits of particular applications.

The Toolkit should be read with the Pilot Study for Pembrokeshire County Council, which provides a worked example.  The recommendations report is available on the right hand side of this page.