Yes

ID sylw: 86093

Derbyniwyd: 12/01/2025

Ymatebydd: Sandy McCaskie

N/A

Yes

ID sylw: 86258

Derbyniwyd: 18/01/2025

Ymatebydd: Cllr David Armstrong

I strongly agree with the policy, with the concern that viability arguments will make this hard to enact in practice. How can we ensure that when testing viability, developer's calculations are independently and robustly checked?

Yes

ID sylw: 86673

Derbyniwyd: 29/01/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Peter Bridgewater

Decentralised energy systems should be required for new developments even if this is more expensive for occupants than existing (non sustainable) options.
The subsidy of carbon emissions to the current fossil fuel energy infrastructure is not sustainable and requires the public at large to bear the carbon consequences of the occupants energy usage.

No

ID sylw: 86924

Derbyniwyd: 31/01/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Arthur Hogan-Fleming

The authorities have a record of failure re this kind of thing - going down a direction which creates things that are not wanted/not sustainable/ too expensive. Avoid more failure but leaving well alone.

Yes

ID sylw: 87026

Derbyniwyd: 02/02/2025

Ymatebydd: S Gardner

And better community energy sharing and water harvesting

Yes

ID sylw: 87173

Derbyniwyd: 05/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Bryan Hay

The approach proposed seems very sensible.

Yes

ID sylw: 87403

Derbyniwyd: 08/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Cllr Andrew Day

None

Yes

ID sylw: 87583

Derbyniwyd: 09/02/2025

Ymatebydd: mrs susan morris

I agree

Yes

ID sylw: 88706

Derbyniwyd: 17/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Ida Marjorie Brown

Agree

Yes

ID sylw: 88829

Derbyniwyd: 18/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Sidney Syson

No further comment

Yes

ID sylw: 89057

Derbyniwyd: 19/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Stratford upon Avon District Council

i agree

Other

ID sylw: 89187

Derbyniwyd: 19/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Simon Durk

Decentralised energy sources sound like an obvious choice but it is important that careful analysis is done. A CHP scheme running at 80% efficiency will less effective than heating from a condensing boiler at 95% efficiency together with zero carbon electricity from the grid, or even gas fired electricity from the grid at between 50 and 60%. if powered by genuinely renewable fuel the CHP scheme may prove to be more advantageous, but it would be unwise to assume that it would be the best option in all cases without serious analysis to back it up.

Yes

ID sylw: 89263

Derbyniwyd: 19/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Jon Knight

The hierarchy of preference for heating/cooling sources is good. I'd recommend changing the last one to "fossil fuel fired heating/cooling" so that it covers other high carbon fuel sources such as oil or coal. There also may need to be clarity between renewables such as solar and wind and options such as biomass, as they have difference air quality implications.

Yes

ID sylw: 89312

Derbyniwyd: 20/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Julie Hudson

Having investigated air source heat pumps, it occurred to me that it would be so much better to design in heat pumps at the development stage, because this would open up possibilities for ground source heat pumps. They are unlikely to be feasible or economic as retrofit. In other words, distributed energy thinking needs to be there from day one and developers selected on the basis of their ability to deliver on this in practical terms.

Yes

ID sylw: 90067

Derbyniwyd: 22/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Catherine Hewson

helps to a degree.

Other

ID sylw: 91176

Derbyniwyd: 25/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Radford Semele Parish Council

All new builds should be required to install rooftop PV generation.
Consideration for ground source heating where practicable.

Yes

ID sylw: 91671

Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Geoff Norman

Sensible

Other

ID sylw: 91765

Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Joanne Taylor

Should those communities which use the "heaviest" fossil fuels e.g. oil, coal, and who are not on mains gas be prioritised for support?

Yes

ID sylw: 92463

Derbyniwyd: 28/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Julian Brown

Agree

Other

ID sylw: 92566

Derbyniwyd: 28/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Paul Fairburn

Reference should be made to grid powered heat pump district heating/cooling, under “Council will expect schemes to demonstrate proposed heating and cooling systems have been selected in line with the following order of preference”.
It should be above the gas-fired option, thus:
a) Connection with existing heating/cooling distribution networks
b) Site wide heating/cooling fed by renewables
c) Communal heating/cooling fuelled by renewable energy sources
d) Grid powered heat pump district heating/cooling
e) Gas fired heating/cooling
In fact the council should not be allowing gas fired district heating systems at all.

Yes

ID sylw: 92963

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Alison Blake

Gas fired??

Yes

ID sylw: 93134

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Dr Penny Gray

Good initiative.

Yes

ID sylw: 93185

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Michael Checkley

Fully support this policy.

Other

ID sylw: 93237

Derbyniwyd: 01/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Steven Coulsting

I agree with the basic approach laid out in Draft Policy-E- Protecting Large Scale Existing Renewable Energy Infrastructure. However fossil fuels should not be employed at all, either directly or to power CHP.

Yes

ID sylw: 93643

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Cllr David Armstrong

I agree with the draft policy. However, expectations in line with the order of preference suggested should be stronger. Planning applications should specifically and robustly demonstrate that options are unviable before being approved for lower ranking options.

No

ID sylw: 93901

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Beverley Comley

All housing and business development should be fully investigated to ensure all energy reduction options are included. This needs to be stronger than proposed option.

Other

ID sylw: 94097

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Stuart Mace

Where developments are remote from existing infrastructure and connections, the provision of decentralised energy risks increasing the physical size of the development area or constraining capacity to the detriment of the quality of housing, employment or educational space provided.

No

ID sylw: 94878

Derbyniwyd: 03/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Stratford-upon-Avon Town Transport Group

The words here are confusing, from a homeowners perpective. "Decentralized heating systems are essentially the inverse of the centralized alternatives. Instead of having the single unit which distributes heat to the whole house, there are individualized units that control the heating within a single room or location. Decentralized heating systems allow individual control of the temperature in different areas of a building as needed. This ensures that heating costs are kept to a minimum."
Global experience of district heating systems is patchy, and not necessarily efficient. Installation costs and carbon used in manufacture and installation may make these undesirable.

Yes

ID sylw: 94961

Derbyniwyd: 03/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Kineton Parish Council

yes – with the exception of it supporting energy generation from natural gas. Surely if the long term goal is for all new dwellings to be heated by heat pumps because of the lower carbon impact, this suggestion of using gas to generate heat is counter-intuitive. Might this conflict with DPD22 part A?

No

ID sylw: 95734

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bloor Homes Western

Asiant : Marrons

It is not considered that the draft Policy, in its current state, is effective in accordance with Paragraph 36 c) of the NPPF. The current definition of ‘major’ development means that it will not be realistic to expect the majority of such applications to demonstrate the use of decentralised energy systems. The Councils will need to ensure that any Policy at Regulation 19 stage evidences the feasibility of decentralised energy systems for development and expectations in relation to the scale of development. Any approach should be viability tested.