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ID sylw: 106967

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bellway Homes

Asiant : Savills

Bellway supports the need to utilise low carbon heating for new development. However, further consideration needs to be given to the feasibility and suitability of including requirements for decentralised energy systems to provide heating and cooling.
Development coming forward after the introduction of the FHS and FBS will only be able to connect to heat networks where the energy demand of the new buildings is matched by equivalent low carbon heat, i.e. delivered through the use of a heat pump.
Further to the technical constraints noted above the Council’s evidence base supporting this particular policy does not adequately consider the implications of the FHS and FBS on the likely heating requirements and heat density of new development. Nor does it consider the cost and viability of this type of system at this stage.
In this context it is considered unlikely that the reduced energy demand of new development is unlikely to provide sufficient heat demand for a low carbon heat network to be feasible or viable for low destiny development. It is recommended the Council give further consideration to the technical feasibility of heat networks and costs as part of the next stage of Plan preparation to ensure any proposals are feasible and viable.