🌍 Environmental Intelligence

Energy statements, sustainability, drainage strategy, fire safety, water efficiency, and waste management.

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Use these tools when preparing technical reports and compliance documentation. Many of these are validation requirements — submit without them and your application will be returned. Use the Validation Pre-Flight tool to check which ones you actually need.

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Energy Statement

Energy hierarchy assessment (Be Lean/Clean/Green/Seen) — Part L 2021 compliance, CO₂ reduction calculations, EPC estimates, and renewable energy sizing.

When to use: Required for major applications in most authorities. Also needed where local plan policies set carbon reduction targets beyond Building Regulations.

📜 Building Regs Part L 2021, Local Plan energy policies

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Sustainability

NPPF/BREEAM-aligned sustainability scoring — energy, water, materials, ecology, transport, and climate resilience across six categories.

When to use: Use when your LPA requires a Sustainability Statement or BREEAM assessment. Also useful for demonstrating sustainability credentials in your planning statement.

📜 NPPF Section 14, BREEAM, Local Plan sustainability policies

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Drainage Strategy

Surface water drainage strategy — SuDS hierarchy compliance, greenfield discharge rate targeting, attenuation volume calculation, and CIRIA C753 methodology.

When to use: Required for most developments that increase impermeable area. LLFA consultation is mandatory for major applications. SuDS are expected unless demonstrated impractical.

📜 NPPF Paragraph 169, CIRIA C753, LLFA requirements

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Fire Safety

Building Safety Act 2022 Gateway One screening — relevant building assessment, single staircase rules, cladding risk, sprinkler requirements, and HSE consultation triggers.

When to use: Required for residential buildings 18m+ (7+ storeys). Gateway One is a planning-stage requirement — you cannot submit without the fire statement.

📜 Building Safety Act 2022, Planning Gateway One

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Water Efficiency

Part G Building Regulations water efficiency — fittings specification, litres per person per day calculation, Optional Requirement (110 l/p/d), and BREEAM water credits.

When to use: Use when your LPA has adopted the Optional Requirement for water efficiency (110 l/p/d instead of 125 l/p/d). Check your local plan.

📜 Building Regs Part G, Local Plan water policies

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Waste Management

Site Waste Management Plan builder — waste volume estimation, recycling targets, carrier requirements, demolition waste protocols, and SWMP compliance.

When to use: Use for developments involving demolition or significant construction waste. Some LPAs require a SWMP as a validation requirement.

📜 Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011

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Overheating

Part O overheating compliance — CIBSE TM52/TM59 methodology, solar gain analysis, ventilation strategy, shading requirements, and dynamic thermal modelling triggers.

When to use: Required for all new residential buildings since June 2022. Part O sets maximum internal temperatures and requires specific design responses.

📜 Building Regs Part O, CIBSE TM52/TM59