Chief Land Registrar's Report
Environmental Performance
We are committed to improving our environmental performance at all our
business units. We were very pleased to achieve ISO 14001 certification at a
further four offices including Headquarters during the past year and the
Local Office for Lancashire retained its accreditation. We are on
target to attain certification at all remaining offices by 2003-04.
In preparation for certification, all business units have developed travel
plans and introduced waste management systems. It is now standard practice to
commission BREEAM assessments, for all new office buildings and appropriate
major refurbishment projects. BREEAM is a tool that allows the owners, users and
designers of buildings to review and improve environmental performance
throughout the life of a building. We also achieved a 'Very Good' rating for the
design of our recently constructed office building in Nottingham.
We have made a planning application to support the potential development of a
site on Plymouth's International Business Park for the expansion of our computer
services operation. The proposed three storey building on the 71/2 acre site
could house some 500 staff.
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