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@batpred Plug in batteries are not yet legal so maybe best to hang on until they are if you want to be certain of compliance
Without doing some research I can't immediately answer that question in planning law, but I would think it almost certain that the matter has been set...
Political suicide given that the vast majority depend on gas for heating. Cue the pictures of frozen grannies on the front page of the Daily Fail (o...
Yes. The pd is for heat pumps on 'domestic premises'. The term curtilage is frequently used on planning law and, to the best of my knowledge, just me...
I'm guessing it's a visual amenity consideration. Don't forget that permitted development means no opportunity for the lpa to review/intervene so ten...
The source legislation is here and is definitive The exclusion for permitted development is where a wind turbine is on the property or within the cu...
Given that I have 13kg of R290 (ie propane) in a cylinder at the front of my narrowboat, most boats with a cooker will have similar, and the typical r...
@transparent That's most helpful. Essentially the process you outline creates a fixed connection to the ring rather than a spur off the ring. I'...
If it's reasonably well connected internally you will likely get away with fewer A2A outlets than you have rooms. In three domestic scale community c...
Yes. Basically the best way to run a heat pump system, in many, probably most, cases, in open loop 24x7, no controls other than weather compensation....
OK, makes sense. A decent heat pump will have full remote control and can therefore be turned on in anticipation say a couple of days before hand. N...
I would go for a bit of harmless fun in an attempt to lighten up a subject that for many is either dull or impenetrable or both. It doesn't particul...
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