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ID sylw: 108462

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: The Bird Group

Asiant : Framptons

The Bird Group would question the requirement in Draft Policy-F that all “major development” in South Warwickshire will be required to demonstrate a thermal master planning approach to maximise energy efficiency opportunities.
No information is provided in the draft policy, or supporting justification, as to what constitutes “major development” in this context, in fact the justification merely refers to “new developments”. If “major development” represents residential developments of 10 or more dwellings, the Bird Group consider the requirement to be unnecessarily burdensome for many developments.
The policy should also acknowledge that there might occasions where an existing system might be available but does not have enough capacity to accommodate the energy needs of planned new development. Furthermore, if the draft policy is to be taken forward into the Pre-Submission SWLP, to avoid any unnecessary ambiguity the policy should, as per the supporting justification, make clear that that detailed energy statements will be required, to include potential for connection to decentralised energy systems.