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Refurbish Don't Demolish
@refurbdontdemolish.bsky.social
We are a UK-wide non-profit organisation, campaigning against demolition of social housing and linking up grassroots housing campaigns.
Why demolish 50,000 buildings a year in the UK?
11% of global C02 emissions come from construction.

The embodied carbon here was put into atmosphere when this structure was built.

This application breaches London Plan section H8 c and Southwark Plan policies on sustainability and net zero.

That is not a carbon saving.
June 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Here is RDD's position:

'This application claims this building is unviable without providing evidence.
It also fails to add the total embodied carbon in the existing building to that of demolition and rebuilding, and ignores the benefits of retrofitting.

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June 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM