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Useful case law regarding consistency in planning In planning law, there is a “principle of consistency” in decision-taking: see North Wiltshire District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment (1993) 65 P & CR 137. The principle is not that like cases must be determined alike, but a decision-taker ought, when considering a materially similar proposal, to have regard to the principle of consistency, to have good reason if deciding to depart from the previous decision, and to give reasons for any such departure.

Amtico Click Smart LVT for me 130 square meters fitted over in screed wet ufh, not a problem. Down 3 years and looks as good as day laid. https://www.amtico.com/collections/amtico-click-smart/

You could always put a Freedom of Information Request for the documents not on their website. There are timescales for the production of the information. I had issues regarding deletion of some of my planning file and delved into it and mentioned section 8 of the attached document. It worked! Openness of LG Bodies Regs 2014.pdf

Anybody got a code they wish to share for £50 Got a good deal for EV and battery 12 to 7am at 6.9p per kWh and SEG at 16p

We put in a draft application for costs as an appendix to our Appeal document, offering to withdraw the application if the LPA withdrew any objections to the appeal. They didn’t, we won and got the costs award. I did most of the groundwork like going to see a barrister in London on direct access and getting the planning consultant to present the case. The barrister’s opinion was invaluable and well worth the 1k. The pressure of a costs application goes some way if you play your cards right.

I’ve been tracking it for a while, decision must be due soon. Appellants final comments were due in January. The officer’s report is worth a read too.

Came across this case in Chester and Cheshire West. Many paralells and a statement of case which may help. https://pa.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=RU12LMTEFUY00

I have a 10 kWp array and a 6kW inverter with 2 x 9.4 kWh dc coupled batteries. A feature of this is when PV production is over the rated output of the inverter I can charge the batteries with excess using uninverted dc direct from the array. My batteries will take a max charge rate of 7 kW. I use octopus flux to export with the max export rate available between 4 and 7pm. A feature I have found is to export at the full rate 6kW less the house load whilst using the surplus to charge the batteries. i can get the best of both worlds export max export during sunny weather and full export at the peak time. These screenshots should illustrate the options. As soon as my battery if full I lose the facility and any excess is clipped. The alternative is to dump power into my UVC but I can get 16p and kWh export upto 4pm and 26p from 4 to 7 and my gas costs me 6p a kWh. so it makes sense to heat the water off gas Much manual involvement but it seems to work well. Is this a feature with othe systems or just particular to SolarEdge?

We have Amtico click smart same 27C max. No problems with little or no expansion seen in 2+ years

I look after a disabled fella for 2 days a month who has sky glass. My observations are; it buffers when he is online with other things and when his broadband is down he cannot default to freeview. The picture quality is muckhausen.

My understanding is. providing you got whole house exemption, the CIL becomes payable if you do not send in form 7 part 2 within 6 months of the completion cert issued. In our case, after commencement, we decided to go for a much larger garage which we did by means of a new application. I notified the planning obligation dept at the LPA and they indicated ok to proceed. I have yet to get a completion certificate, the LPA have chased this but I just said my builder is unobtainable and so I am unable to go for sign of as yet. The LPA are fine with this but will periodically remind me.

I have a 20kW Viessman system boiler on a 4 pipe system for DHW and UFH. There is a mixing valve at the UFH manifold that seems to be at odds to the indicated flow temp on the boiler and measured flow temp on the manifold. The boiler readily modulates down to 2kW and cycles approx every 35 mins. The boiler is quite sophisticated and I can have 3 different flow rates for different times of the day. I do not have weather comp. Is there any value in say setting the UFH mixer to say 50c, so in effect permanently open and just let the boiler regulate the flow temp which is presently at 37c. The flow temp on the boiler does match the temp on the hot side of the manifold when the mixer is set high and I have a deltaT of 8c with five zones controled by in room wall mounted programmer/stats.

Woke up this morning to find I have a beta version on the my SolarEdge app for manual control of battery, not before time! It’s not too sophisticated as it only allows times to charge and discharge with no facility to control depth of charge/discharge, but definitely a step forward.

I find this app a godsend, manual input but daily, weekly, monthly, annual analysis with export facility of data. I use for elec import, export, gas, water. i just I put meter figures off meter or in house display and now have 7 years of data, showing trends vis last year etc. I guess available on android too. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/meter-readings/id320551309

Here's the very man in conversation with Jim Al-Kahlili in the Life Scientific podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n8d9