Yes

Representation ID: 86093

Received: 12/01/2025

Respondent: Sandy McCaskie

N/A

Yes

Representation ID: 86258

Received: 18/01/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 86673

Received: 29/01/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 86924

Received: 31/01/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 87026

Received: 02/02/2025

Respondent: S Gardner

And better community energy sharing and water harvesting

Yes

Representation ID: 87173

Received: 05/02/2025

Respondent: Mr Bryan Hay

The approach proposed seems very sensible.

Yes

Representation ID: 87403

Received: 08/02/2025

Respondent: Cllr Andrew Day

None

Yes

Representation ID: 87583

Received: 09/02/2025

Respondent: mrs susan morris

I agree

Yes

Representation ID: 88706

Received: 17/02/2025

Respondent: Mrs Ida Marjorie Brown

Agree

Yes

Representation ID: 88829

Received: 18/02/2025

Respondent: Mrs Sidney Syson

No further comment

Yes

Representation ID: 89057

Received: 19/02/2025

Respondent: Stratford upon Avon District Council

i agree

Other

Representation ID: 89187

Received: 19/02/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 89263

Received: 19/02/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 89312

Received: 20/02/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 90067

Received: 22/02/2025

Respondent: Catherine Hewson

helps to a degree.

Other

Representation ID: 91176

Received: 25/02/2025

Respondent: Radford Semele Parish Council

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

Yes

Representation ID: 91671

Received: 26/02/2025

Respondent: Mr Geoff Norman

Sensible

Other

Representation ID: 91765

Received: 26/02/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 92463

Received: 28/02/2025

Respondent: Julian Brown

Agree

Other

Representation ID: 92566

Received: 28/02/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 92963

Received: 01/03/2025

Respondent: Ms Alison Blake

Gas fired??

Yes

Representation ID: 93134

Received: 01/03/2025

Respondent: Dr Penny Gray

Good initiative.

Yes

Representation ID: 93185

Received: 01/03/2025

Respondent: Mr Michael Checkley

Fully support this policy.

Other

Representation ID: 93237

Received: 01/03/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 93643

Received: 02/03/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 93901

Received: 02/03/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 94097

Received: 02/03/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 94878

Received: 03/03/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 94961

Received: 03/03/2025

Respondent: 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

Representation ID: 95734

Received: 04/03/2025

Respondent: Bloor Homes Western

Agent: 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.