EqIA - Whole Life-Cycle Assessments

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Publication type: London Plan Guidance

Publication status: Draft

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1. Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) for London Plan Guidance

London Plan Guidance:

Whole Life-cycle carbon assessment guidance – draft for consultation

October 2020

Please provide an outline of the guidance, who it is aimed at and any key issues to be aware of.

Whole Life-Cycle Carbon (WLC) emissions are the carbon emissions resulting from the materials, construction and the use of a building over its entire life, including its demolition and disposal. A WLC assessment provides a true picture of a building’s carbon impact on the environment.
This guidance document explains how to prepare a Whole Life-Cycle Carbon (WLC) assessment in line with Policy SI 2 Minimising greenhouse gas emissions of the London Plan. This requirement applies to planning applications which are referred to the Mayor, but WLC assessments are encouraged for all major applications. The guidance is for anyone involved in developing WLC assessments including planning applicants, developers, designers, energy consultants and local government officers.

Which of the Public Sector Equality Duty aims are relevant to the guidance and the impacts identified?

No specific impacts identified for groups with protected characteristics.

1.1 Assessment

List aspects of the guidance that might affect particular groups

Guidance key aspects, chapter headings, theme etc	Particular group that could be affected
N/a	N/a

* it should be noted that the general policy requirement and principles are already required through the London Plan. This London Plan Guidance is providing further detail on how the policies should be implemented, and therefore further amplifying the effects

Equality impacts, mitigating actions and justification (where applicable)

Group	Potential impact description What positive and negative impacts have been identified (known and potential) for particular groups? Refer to evidence (including engagement).	Relevant PSED aim (1, 2a, b or c, and/or 3)	Actions identified and/or justification For negative impacts, set out mitigating actions to minimise or eliminate negative impacts and any action plan. If negative impacts cannot be mitigated, provide objective justification. For positive impacts, consider how these could be maximised.	Assessment of equality impacts Score each impact as either: +2 Strong positive +1 Positive 0 Neutral - 1 Negative - 2 Strong negative Mixed or uncertain
Age	Positive No anticipated impacts
Age	Negative No anticipated impacts
Disability	Positive No anticipated impacts
Disability	Negative No anticipated impacts
Gender reassignment	Positive No anticipated impacts
Gender reassignment	Negative No anticipated impacts
Marriage and civil partnership	Positive No anticipated impacts
Marriage and civil partnership	Negative No anticipated impacts
Pregnancy and maternity	Positive No anticipated impacts
Pregnancy and maternity	Negative No anticipated impacts
Race	Positive No anticipated impacts
Race	Negative No anticipated impacts
Religion or belief	Positive No anticipated impacts
Religion or belief	Negative No anticipated impacts
Sex	Positive No anticipated impacts
Sex	Negative No anticipated impacts
Sexual orientation	Positive No anticipated impacts
Sexual orientation	Negative No anticipated impacts
People on low incomes	Positive No anticipated impacts
People on low incomes	Negative No anticipated impacts.

Overview of equality impacts

Using your findings from the table above, summarise the impacts for each group in the table below using the scoring listed above.

	Age	Disability	Gender reassignment	Marriage and civil partnership	Pregnancy and maternity	Race	Religion and belief	Sex	Sexual Orientation	People on low incomes
Whole Life-Cycle Carbon	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts	No anticipated impacts

Amendments to the guidance

(only for review to the EqIA in the future)

Change	Reason for change
What changes have you made to the guidance as a result of this EqIA?	Why have these changes been made?

Recommendation

Based your assessment, please indicate which course of action you are recommending to decision makers.

Outcome Number	Description	Mark with an X
Outcome One	No major change to the guidance is required This EqIA has not identified any potential for discrimination or negative impact, and all opportunities to advance equality have been taken.	x
Outcome Two	Adjustments to the guidance are required to remove barriers identified by the EqIA or better advance equality.
Outcome Three	Justify and continue with the guidance despite having identified some potential for negative impacts or missed opportunities to advance equality.
Outcome Four	Stop, rethink or abandon when the EqIA shows actual or potential unlawful discrimination

Monitoring

Monitoring will take place through the London Plan Annual Monitoring Report and wider monitoring of the Mayor’s other strategies as well as part of reviewing the London Plan.