Setting appropriate levels of energy use that will be allowed for in new development should be the remit of Building Regulations and not the Planning system.

Vistry Group’s purpose is to deliver sustainable homes and communities across all sectors of the UK housing market. Key to this purpose is a successful and ambitious sustainability strategy.

Their strategy launched in 2021 and is focussed on three priority areas of People, Operations and Homes & Communities. It includes a commitment to setting carbon reduction targets consistent with reduction required to keep warming at 1.5°C and the development of a roadmap to deliver net zero carbon homes.