HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
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Don’t tear down my eco-home
TESS DELANEY, priced out of the area she had grown up in, jumped at the new 'OPD' policy allowing her to build a sustainable house — but now the state seems to be retracting its offer
An eco-house, near Manaton, Devon (Creative Commons - Roger Cornfoot).
Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
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IN DECEMBER 2018, I applied for permission to build a One Planet Development (OPD) in west Wales. After being refused permission twice, my case goes to appeal later this month.
An OPD is a Welsh policy which enables applicants to commit to a sustainable lifestyle and build a dwelling on agricultural land if they meet certain criteria.
The criteria are not that complicated. A zero-carbon build, 65 per cent of all needs being provided from the land within five years of permission being granted, a land-based business, growing food, limiting journeys and generally bringing your personal carbon footprint down to a level which meets the guidelines for sustainable futures.
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