Carbon Offset Fund Climate Emergency Action Plan The Climate Emergency Action Plan encompasses a range of interrelated council policies that collectively drive environmental improvements across Westminster, supporting the Greener and Cleaner ambition set out in our City for All vision11. Figure: Interlinking city council policies that seek to drive environmental improvements Environment Supplementary Planning Document City Plan Code of Construction Practice Air Quality Action Plan Freight, Servicing and Deliveries Strategy CleanTech Strategy A Partnership Approach to Open Spaces and Biodiversity challenges and opportunities challenges and opportunities Foreword and introduction Foreword and introduction 20 | Zero Carbon City 2040 Westminster Climate Emergency Action Plan Contents Contents commitment and Collaboration commitment and Collaboration Glossary Glossary accelerating Delivery accelerating Delivery Code of Construction Practice Westminster’s Code of Construction Practice sets out the standards and procedures to which developers and contractors must adhere to when undertaking construction of major projects, including waste management principles for Westminster development sites. Westminster requires the largest strategic development schemes and other major development schemes and all basements development schemes to sign up to the Code of Construction Practice. Air Quality Action Plan Air Quality Strategy & Action Plan 2019-2412 sets out our actions to cut levels of air pollution and support cleaner travel in Westminster. City Plan The City Plan 2019-2040 is the statutory development plan for Westminster, setting out our vision and strategy for the development of the city. The City Plan contains policies that will be used in determining planning applications, including strict low-carbon and sustainability requirements for developers to cut the environmental impact of new development Environment Supplementary Planning Document The Environmental Supplementary Planning Document (ESPD) will provide further detail and guidance on the City Plan’s environment policies, supporting our aspirations to create a greener, cleaner, and healthier city. It gives details on how developers can meet high sustainability standards covering issues such as air quality, local environmental impacts, green infrastructure, flood risk, energy, and waste. Carbon Offset Fund Carbon Offset Fund drives greater emissions reductions at new development sites and helps support the delivery of carbon saving projects across Westminster. Over £800,000 of funding has been allocated so far to support local climate projects. Freight, Servicing and Deliveries Strategy Our Freight, Servicing and Deliveries Action Plan 2020-204013 aims to reduce the numbers of vehicle movements and their emissions across the city, consistent with our net zero 2040 target. The FSD Action Plan aims to cut the number of FSD vehicles by 80% by 2040, and for all remaining trips to be made by zero tailpipe emission vehicles by 2040. CleanTech Strategy Our Smart City programme is helping us to identify new ideas and innovative Clean Tech approaches to underpin our climate action and drive a green economic recovery of the city. Our emerging CleanTech Strategy will help to deliver some of these aims. A Partnership Approach to Open Spaces and Biodiversity A Partnership Approach to Open Spaces and Biodiversity sets out the Council’s approach to maintaining and improving green spaces across the city acknowledging the input needed from all landowners across the city to make significant ecological improvements.