Environment

Through its environmental policy the Group seeks to restore and enhance the natural environments in which its developments are set to improve the environmental performance of its products and to minimise the potential adverse impacts of our business operations. For 30 years Barratt has been at the forefront of urban regeneration in the UK and over 82% of our developments now utilise brownfield land; in the South East the figure rises to 95%.

All of our land reclamation projects, often involving difficult sites in urban locations, are subject to rigorous feasibility assessments, including environmental and risk surveys undertaken by specialist external advisors, identifying both potential adverse impacts and opportunities to preserve and enhance existing environmental features. Site preparation and construction operations are monitored in close conjunction with the National House Building Council (NHBC), local authorities and the environmental agencies. We also work closely with our construction teams and contractors to address issues arising from on-site activities, minimising any disruption to local communities and to encourage efficiency.

Since 2001 we have comprehensively improved waste management performance across all of our site operations and the standards now achieved are at the forefront of the industry. Working in conjunction with Wastefile UK, our waste management facilitator, waste tonnage data is collected and monitored from all operational sites. Our waste is segregated, recovered and wherever practicable allocated for recycling or reuse. All operational sites have a controlled auditable waste transfer system, tracing waste from creation to storage and segregation, collection and disposal or recycling and reuse.