A council in the South west says it has become the first in the country to require new homes to be truly net zero, via an amendment to its local plan.

Bath and North East Somerset said that all “new build residential development” will have to go beyond the requirements in Part L of building regulations, by delivering total energy use of less than 40 kWh/m2/annum, with all of that energy requirement to be met by on site renewable energy generation.

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