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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I believe it is absolutely my local council's fault because of the followings: 1- My neighbour had an application for demolishing their bungalow an...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I mean the noise is injurious to my health. The authorities, however, have their own interpretations of the level of 'harm'. For instance, 'mental' is...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I meant if the authority want to approve any odd installation, they will find a way to approve it.

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

@jamespa I appreciate your comments about the power of local councils to create conditions that would suit the developers. I also wonder if you have a...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I cannot prove it, because local councils and even the Ombudsman do not take into consideration medical references (I provided both of them with 2 let...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I have not been able to justify the nuisance because the current nuisance policies are defined for loud neighbours who play loud music or have dogs wh...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

@editor I wrote about it a couple of times, but here it is: Nature of the sound: buzzing and pulsating humming noise. I only hear the noises in...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

Well I think at least in Scotland, MCS is nothing but a fake certificate for developers to get their hands on the Funds or to support their new develo...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

@abernyte Absolutely. This means that, at least in Scotland, MCS is nothing but a fake certificate for developers to get their hands on the Funds or t...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I don't think it is the case in Scotland because unlike England and Wales which have the 1meter/3meters distance to boundary, in Scotland there is no ...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

The installer provided an MCS certificate for installation of the ASHP at my neighbour's driveway, while the ASHP had already been installed on the bo...

2 years ago
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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I don't say all installers do a bad job. I say if they want to, they can breach MCS with impunity because no one is responsible to enforce it. I am su...

2 years ago
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