Built Environment
The BBC requires its staff and suppliers to take all reasonable steps to design, construct, manage and use buildings and sets in accordance with Environmental Planning and Built Environment Guidelines.
In the UK environmental impacts are controlled by legislation, particularly planning law. There are also voluntary standards that are in widespread use in the property and development industry to ensure good environmental practice during design, construction and use of buildings. High standards of environmental design can reduce costs of operating the building, for example, by minimising energy and water bills.
The BBC requires its staff and suppliers to take all reasonable steps to design, construct, manage and use buildings and sets in accordance with these guidelines.
These Environmental Planning and Built Environment Guidelines establish minimum operating standards that must be applied at sites and cover the legal issues you must be aware of. If you have any queries relating to this Standard then you should contact the Safety Advice Line.
What Can Go Wrong?
General Hazards
Construction and use of buildings or sets owned or occupied by the BBC can have a variety of environmental impacts, including:
- Land use - The type of land occupied by the building/set, such as sites previously used by industry (known as brownfield sites) or previously natural or farmed sites (known as greenfield sites).
- Biodiversity - Impacts on wildlife and measures to protect or enhance wildlife present on the site.
- Energy use - Use of limited natural resources, such as oil and gas, and the emission of pollutants to the environment, such as carbon dioxide.
- Materials - Use of limited natural resources and the use of substances that are hazardous to the environment.
- Water consumption - Use of limited natural resources and the potential to release pollutants into water.
- Transport to and from the building/set - Use of limited natural resources and the emission of pollutants into the environment, such as carbon dioxide.
Legal/BBC Requirements
- There are no specific legal requirements to draw to your attention; you must still apply the control measures that are relevant to your activity.
Control Measures
General Controls
- Include environmental criteria when obtaining land and property through rent, acquisition, or design and construction.
- Obtain planning permission for building works, including set construction and comply with conditions.
- Include environmental requirements in the management of land and property.
- Include environmental requirements in the use of buildings.
- Include environmental requirements in the disposal of land and property.
Division Specific Issues
- No division specific issues.
FAQs/Did You Know?
- No FAQs/Did you know items.
Recommended links
- BBC Workplace - Sustainability [BBC Network only]
- Sustainability(BBC Network only)
Environment topics
Air Pollution
Air pollution can have damaging effects on human health and the environment and it is crucial to minimise emissions to the atmosphere.
Built Environment
In the UK these impacts are controlled by legislation, particularly planning law.
Energy Management
This guidance provides information on energy management associated with BBC activities in order to ensure good environmental practice and compliance with relevant legislation.
Environment on Production and Events
This guidance provides information on how to reduce the risk of environmental incidents, nuisance or legal non-compliance whilst making programmes and running events.
