Policy CC2 - Design Principles for Energy Efficient Buildings

Support

Representation ID: 4538

Received: 23/11/2023

Respondent: Stewart MacDonald

All housebuilding in the county should be required to meet the highest possible environmental standards. It is perfectly possible to design houses nowadays that are carbon neutral and require minimal energy inputs

Support

Representation ID: 4617

Received: 04/12/2023

Respondent: Mr Nigel Roberts

All new buildings should have solar panels, batteries and electric boilers. Designed to make the properties totally net zero. If all houses were built like this the base cost would rapidly decrease and would then make it affordable for all.

Support

Representation ID: 4631

Received: 04/12/2023

Respondent: Mr Nigel Webb

I wholeheartedly support this policy and look forward to seeing, in the reaction to planning applications for new build particularly, a rigorous interpretation of the phrase 'highest possible standards' Thus I also fully support the Sustainability Appraisal p. 69, para. 9.147, and also 9.148 and 9.149

Support

Representation ID: 4751

Received: 13/12/2023

Respondent: Mr Andrew Lunn

New housing estates should be made to have roof mounted solar panels included in the design as standard.

Support

Representation ID: 4953

Received: 31/12/2023

Respondent: Mrs Jayne Williams

RCC should ensure support through policy and financing for both retrofitting of solar panels and insulation to homes in the county. All new homes should be required to have the most up to date standard of insulation and energy efficient devices. It has been said that this may be too costly for the developer but unless they are compelled then will not conform. Similarly, RCC should encourage the installation of solar panels on commercial buildings and car parks.

Object

Representation ID: 4983

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Define (on behalf of William Davis Homes)

WDH suggests that Policies CC2 and CC4 are removed, and that the RLP takes a more flexible approach to requiring developments to meet national sustainability standards; which would future proof the policy.

Support

Representation ID: 5059

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Mary Cade

What are these 'highest possible energy efficiency standards' ? can they be measured? What expertise is required? All new buildings, domestic and commercial, should be required to fit roof mounted solar panels and a battery. If this was a requirement then the overall costs would eventually decrease, and it would be a 'level playing field' for all developers.

Support

Representation ID: 5316

Received: 01/01/2024

Respondent: Ms Ann Lewis

I have looked at all the new developments currently being built and have attempted to find out how these houses are heated. There is no specific information about this on their websites. They claim to be building using eco-friendly materials and lowering heating bills reducing carbon footprint but there are no specific details about whether they are installing conventional gas boilers, for instance. Perhaps RCC could be more proactive in demanding that new developments move away from conventional heating which will ultimately be obsolete.

Object

Representation ID: 5408

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: North Luffenham Parish Council

"Highest Possible Standards" would mean that all development has to be to to Passivhaus standards : https://bregroup.com/a-z/the-passivhaus-standard/
If an application complies with latest Building Regulations with regard to materials used, insulation values etc, this is not the "Highest Possible Standard" and so would fail this Policy? Policy will therefore be ineffective in application

Support

Representation ID: 5469

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Ms Janet Taylor

All new houses should be built to at least EPC A standards. Restrictions in conservation areas should be lifted so that good design is not hampered by being deemed ‘inappropriate’ ( e.g. insisting on inefficient conservation rooflights instead of efficient Velux type roof windows )

Object

Representation ID: 5498

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Francis Jackson Homes Ltd

We have serious concerns over the phrase "Highest possible energy efficiency standards" - as this will have massive impacts on development viability and land coming forward if this is carried forward as drafted. How will this be measured? Will Affordable Housing schemes have to provide the same standard as market housing?

Object

Representation ID: 5500

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Francis Jackson Homes Ltd

This policy, as read in isolation, fails to square with all the other policies about locally distinctive, high-quality design, character, etc. Not all houses can face the "right" way to benefit from solar gain, as they would be lined up like panels in a solar farm. These key objectives, which are supported in principle, need to be balanced with those about making successful places, respecting the character of streets, villages, Conservation Areas, etc. Layouts need to be able to be more nuanced than just providing a development to maximise solar gain! Also, is any heat supply genuinely net zero?

Support

Representation ID: 5559

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs laura alcock

Decarbonising existing homes should also be considered.

Support

Representation ID: 5803

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs Sue Scarrott

A laudible objective but actually the technology is not yet there.

Support

Representation ID: 5806

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs Sue Scarrott

All new buildings should be required to have solar panels. Also retro fitting to existing buildings should be a RCC priority.

Object

Representation ID: 5835

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Mr adam cade

The specific, quantitative targets from the earlier draft Local Plan should apply:
Achieve a target average space heating demand for the development site of between 15-20kWh/m2/yr and a site average total energy demand (Energy Use Intensity EUI) of 35 kWh/m2/yr for housing and 55kWh/m2/yr for commercial buildings, through a ‘fabric first’ approach to construction. No single building should have a total energy demand (EUI) in excess of 60 kWh/m2/yr, irrespective of the amount of on-site renewable energy production.

Object

Representation ID: 5839

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: RCC Expert Panel on Carbon Reduction

The phrase “highest possible” is too imprecise. An energy use limit should be included, as in the Central Lincs Local Plan (2023).

The specific, quantitative targets from the earlier draft Local Plan should apply:
Achieve a target average space heating demand for the development site of between 15-20kWh/m2/yr and a site average total energy demand (Energy Use Intensity EUI) of 35 kWh/m2/yr for housing and 55kWh/m2/yr for commercial buildings, through a ‘fabric first’ approach to construction. No single building should have a total energy demand (EUI) in excess of 60 kWh/m2/yr, irrespective of the amount of on-site renewable energy production.

Policy CC2 should set out the specific “high standards for space heating demands and, Energy Use Intensity”, or reference space heating demands or EUI, as in the second sentence of the section Net zero carbon (operational) - What will the policy do?

Equally “residential development” should be replaced by “all building development” as is implied in policy CC2.

Object

Representation ID: 6025

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Roderick Morgan

There is no mention of solar generation of heat or electricity from roof panels. This should be a mandatory design feature for all domestic and commercial buildings, or renovations. Even heritage buildings should consider these (e.g. King's College Chapel, Cambridge.)

Object

Representation ID: 6030

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Richard Bonser

With the continuing push for electric vehicles I do not see any suggestion within this Plan for changes to planning applications/approvals for more parking in front of new houses on the property owners land to allow EV charging. An example of this is the current planning application for the Officer's Mess at Edith Weston (2023/0822/OUT). The constant wish to squeeze more housing on the same area of land reduces the opportunity for EV charging. Most houses will have more than one car and in time both will be electric.

Support

Representation ID: 6046

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Mr David Lewis

I agree with the policy proposal that all new developments should meet the highest possible energy efficiency standards. However, the guidance should be stronger. For example all new houses should be required to be fitted with solar panels and a battery. Defining the requirements clearly will enable developers to consider carbon saving measures when calculating the value of land, ensuring they do not overpay for land.

Support

Representation ID: 6283

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Chris Read

Agree. But why is this not happening now?

Support

Representation ID: 6369

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Bill Deayton

No new planning should be approved unless sustainable sources of heating and lighting are included. It is scandalous that planning applications for housing have been approved which include fossil fuel energy sources. The availability and proven reliability of heat pumps and insulation should make them obligatory for any new planning proposal.

Support

Representation ID: 6473

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Ms Jo Carr

This needs to happen far faster than it is. We have wasted precious time when we could have been making small but significant investments.

Object

Representation ID: 6550

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)

Agent: Montagu Evans LLP

Comments made on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) as part of a full written response to Rutland Council. Representations should be read in context and not in isolation.

The DIO are of the opinion that there are points of detail within the Policy which should be reviewed to avoid duplication. For example Policy CC2 makes reference to there being no mains-gas connection in new development, which is already prohibited from 2025 under the Future Homes Standard.

Object

Representation ID: 6574

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Distinctive Developments Group Ltd

The solar gain measures proposed in this policy are not consistent with current BRegs provisions.
Surely there is no need to repeat the BRegs provisions within planning policy?
Imposing all these measures will have an impact on viability and could result in fewer homes, particularly affordable homes, being delivered.

Support

Representation ID: 6701

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Mr David Holland

Solar panels should be a mandatory requirement for all new dwellings and industrial buildings

Support

Representation ID: 6705

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Ian Newsham

I believe solar panels should be a mandatory requirement on all new dwellings

Support

Representation ID: 6707

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Tracey Blackmore

Solar panels should be installed on all industrial, public and commercial buildings, and encouraged on private residential properties

Support

Representation ID: 6709

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Andrew Leech

Solar panels should be a mandatory requirement for all new dwellings and industrial buildings

Support

Representation ID: 6712

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Steven Tattersall

Solar panels should be should be mandatory for all new dwellings and commercial buildings