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  1. Dreadnaught
    Yes I did. But I am now going back to planning with a design that is similar but sufficiently different to require a whole new planning application. This whole dance about the "nobody road" was indeed done last time but frustratingly the law requires that the (pricey) local newspaper ad be at most 21 days before the date of submission of my new application.
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    Yes, I think the lawmakers understood quantum uncertainty and made provision in case, through the collapse of a wave function, an owner might wink into existence at an inconvenient moment. I may be at the start of my build journey but I am already sufficiently jaded that even that would not surprise me
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    I am neither a lawyer nor an expert just a mere clueless first-time builder. I am having to issue an "Ownership Certificate C" because the planners asked that the "nobody road" be included within the red delineated area of the area plan for my build (don't know why but I assume its because the red zone always needs to show a link to a public road). The next step in the logical thread is that I have to notify all the owners of any land within the red-delineated zone. And because nobody knows who owns the "nobody road", I have to advertise so that nobody can respond to say they own the "nobody road". Does that make sense? Is that Article 13, I think so?
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    Just out of interest, under which circumstances do you have advertise nationally (and trouser such a daunting bill)?
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    Absolutely right. Although strangely enough, I am already starting to get used to it. No, you are right. In my case, access from the public highway to my plot is along an unadopted road owned (as all the neighbours agree) by nobody. Hence I have to advertise so that nobody can come forward and say they own that road.
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    Thanks @PeterW and @Gav_P. Yes, @Gav_P, you are spot on. That's my situation. £13,500, wow! Did you have to setup the newspaper to run your ad? On word count, a google search seems to reveal two forms of ad. Most of them have the same longer wording. A few have a shorter form that skips a bit. Of course I am tempted to use the shorter version. But I suppose the risk is that if its wrong I may be asked to run it again, wasting money. Any thoughts?
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    I suspect you're right @the_r_sole. Sigh! Ah well, at least I have learnt something new about the local-newspaper sector and why is still exists (for now)!
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    Thanks @newhome. I had a look at the local papers in the town. There only seems to be one for the town and one for the county and both are owned by the same company. All the local papers are owned by national groups and just branded locally. Interestingly, when you click to buy a classified ad it takes you to a national ad-buying service. I have since also read that this is a bit of a "racket" to support local newspapers. Apparently legal notices are worth many millions to the sector and the government took a deliberate decision not to loosen the requirement to support them. Don't know what to think about that given that I will be paying this inflated cost for an ad which, I assume, nobody will actually read.
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    As part of my planning application I have to run an ad in local newspaper, a formal notice under Article 13 of Town and Country Planning Act 2015. Cost for the classified ad seems to be about £250-300. Seems rather pricey, not to mention it being an anachronism! Anyone done this? Any tips for saving money and doing it more cheaply?
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    Amazing isn't it! One spends about £2,000 + VAT plus to store about 80p's worth of electricity and the economics can make this worthwhile.
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    What a shame! Such a majestic tree.
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    That strikes me as an extremely good solution. Hadn't thought of the extra loop idea. More generally, as I have read, one of the risks relying on duct heating alone is the risk that true duct-heating systems require larger ducts for greater volumes of air. At the coldest extremes and with usual MVHR size ducting designed for slow air flows, forcing heated air around the house through those ducts at the volumes needed can lead to unpleasant noise and whistling in the ducting. It could work for the most highly insulated homes but would need to be carefully judged. Plus the extra cost and implication of insulating the ducting puts me off although others have said elsewhere that it may not always be needed. @jack's solution, on the other hand, is the best of both worlds. I favour it.
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    Welcome @EverHopefull. I have this question too, so will be reading the responses with interest. Thanks for posting.
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    £399,950.
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    Welcome! Here as some places to start for the Passive House standard… https://passivehouse.com/02_informations/01_whatisapassivehouse/01_whatisapassivehouse.htm https://passipedia.org/basics/what_is_a_passive_house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house
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    These I assume: http://enlitelighting.com/gb/
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    Could you achieve your aim with Apple Homekit triggers (and I assume with any of the other home-automation systems, such as Alexa and Google Home, but I do not know about those). You could use the combination of a light detector and smart socket for the lamp. The Homekit rule would be: if light is detected in the room and it is not daytime (daylight) then turn on the smart socket. I know you don't have Apple gear (other than SWMBOs iPad) so I know this would not be a solution for you but it might prompt some related ideas. Edited: not sure how the lamp would turn itself off, hmm.
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    Ah ok. (Lovely area!). I know some relevant people around Welshpool so if can't find anybody closer and are extending your search out then by all means send me a message and I would be happy to contact them to see if they can provide any help or leads.
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    Welcome to the forum, Philip. Whereabouts in the Marches are you, anywhere near Welshpool? I might know someone who might know someone, etc.
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    I think I see a lip around both sinks. Would the logic be that, in the event that the right sink over fills, it then overflows into the the left sink, which if that then also overflows it does so down its overflow drain? Did they perhaps only supply a single sink plug?
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    I still have some of my popcorn left… so do tell… (plus we have a business account with Santander)
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    Which also explains why you cannot use a "Wifi Calling" feature, which is offered by many mobile networks operators and would enable you to receive the needed SMS while within the signal not-spot that is your home. Wifi Calling requires support by the handset and I have only ever heard of it being available on smart phones. More about "Wifi Calling" here if anyone is interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network
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    Just wondering: in @readiescards helpful photo, is there any reason why the two SunAmps are spaced apart? Is it just that they are centrally positioned on their respective slabs to spread the weight. It strikes me that abutting them would reduce heat losses marginally. And save space for those us where that is important.
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    Not hype, in my opinion. And that article neglects to mention an additional advantage: mesh networking capability. Mesh networks are well suited to Internet-of-things (IoT) applications. In my opinion, Bluetooth mesh standard, a Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) sister standard is ideally suited to lighting control.
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    Original poster here. Thanks for all your replies, especially @lizzie's above! Armed with your all your advice I successfully negotiated for the light tubes that I am planning to be permitted in the design .
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