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Superficially, and IANAL, it looks like you *may* be able to give 12 months' notice requesting the removal of the pole/equipment. They could apply for a compulsory wayleave, but if you are within your legal rights to ask for it to be removed, I'm sure they'd rather work with you to find a solution and would need to demonstrate that they had done this if they did apply for a compulsory wayleave.

Not all valves are bi-directional. Check the valve to see if it has arrows going in both directions. Also, some radiators have flow diverters so will state which side the flow should be on. Check that too.

100% The Electricity Act of 1989 required utility companies to secure their wayleaves, so if there was any issue with the legality of the 1936 wayleave, that should have been addressed at that time. If the DNO can't produce the legal documentation for the wayleave, and the associated plan (if applicable) then they have two options - apply under their compulsory wayleave powers to grant/renew it, or move the pole for you, potentially at their expense in return for you agreeing a new wayleave. Just keep pushing for the actual wayleave legal documentation or tell them in its absence, you want the pole removed. If they can't produce the evidence, they'll usually find some way to work with you to maintain the access they need.

Generally, no. Ask to see a copy of the wayleave and the associated plan. Post it here if you want some scrutiny but it's unlikely you'll be able to get it moved to someone else's land. It doesn't matter that part of the land has been sold; the wayleave would still be in effect for anything covered by the plan area. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-on-access-agreements "The difference between these forms of agreement had particular importance in the past, because the relevant form determined whether any subsequent purchaser of the land would be ‘bound’ (required to uphold) rights granted under the agreement and what Land Registry requirements applied. The Code reforms introduced in 2017 dealt with this issue. Regardless of form of code agreement (wayleave or easement), a successors in title (subsequent owners or purchasers) remain bound to code rights previously agreed." Our proposed plot has a wayleave in place for underground telephone cables and an easement for a 3" PVC water main. The terms of both allow us to request that they be moved (or removed), but the associated costs would be ours to bear. We can also only have them moved to land in our ownership - I can't request that they move them to someone else's land. Obviously, if someone else gives permission, then that is a different matter, but you would still be responsible for all costs.

Yes. Get an isolator if you can. Makes any future changes so much easier. Some companies will do this for nothing; others make a charge. Regardless, it isn't a massive expense and is worth it, but make sure you pre-arrange it otherwise the meter fitter may not a) have the parts and b) have the time to do it.

Wayleaves aren't necessarily tied to the owner. Conor has the right approach. Check your legal pack as it should be mentioned. Get a copy of the title for your plot and check for anything in there as it may be registered against the land or may be a specific easement. If there's nothing in your legal pack or title for the plot, ask SSE to provide the wayleave and then, assuming one exists, you'll be able to see the terms and decide how to proceed.

To add to JohnMo's comment, it's generally because in a commercial context (think hotel) different rooms might want to be cooled or warmed independently. By having four pipes / two coils, the entire complex can maintain a cooling pipe run and a heating pipe run, and then the individual units can be set to either provide heating or cooling dependant on the occupant wishes by using either the heating pipes/coil or the cooling pipes/coil. As he mentions, with a single ASHP, you can only either cool or heat - you can't do both at the same time. The following text is in my notes by way of example; "Two-pipe systems are less flexible than a four-pipe system. The entire building is in either heating mode or cooling mode. The changeover from heating to cooling or vice versa is made manually, and there is always the possibility that unusual weather patterns might cause some occupant discomfort. Overall, the majority of the buildings on campus are on a two-pipe system. This means when winter starts to set in, the two-pipe system must be switched from cold water to hot water. If the weather changes and it warms up for a few days, the occupants of a two-pipe building could become uncomfortable. The building system could then be switched back to cold water, but the manual switchover requires a couple of days. By the time this is accomplished, the weather could cool off again. So as you can see, when it comes to heating and cooling a space with a two-pipe system, especially in our fluctuating Kentucky weather, it is a guessing game."

If it's Dorset Council, then the following has all the links to the information you need. Surprised highways didn't provide this information in their original response to be honest. https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/highway-development-control-advice

Top tip there. The drawstring in ducting is always to pull your own suitable drawstring through. Very rarely suitable for actually pulling cable. I wouldn't advise that. Get a proper cable pulling lubricant; it will be well worth the small expense. Ideal Yellow or Ideal AquaGel II are great for pulling cable.

Generally, any vehicular crossing point cannot be within 10m of the corner of a street, 15m of the corner of a more major road.

It's weird that if they are policy documents, they are not publicly available... You are right though, if you'd just mentioned a document by name but hadn't provided it, and relied on it to make your case, I doubt the Inspector would ask you for it now as technically it wouldn't have been available to the LPA if it isn't public. It's sort of the same reason why you can only respond to the LPA statement of case and can't introduce anything new at that point otherwise you'd end up going around in circles with each new piece of evidence. It does sound strange. Did you have access to the policies mentioned at the point of appeal?

(By the way, it will be 14W/m2 and not 14kW/m2. I'm guessing you know that anyway, but just for anyone else who may be reading). Quick thought, is this perhaps a design with large vaulted, double-height spaces? What's the usable m2?

I'm with @IanR on this one. My gut says something doesn't seem right or we don't have some important piece of information yet that will enable us to go "ah, that makes sense now!" 😉

Not really. If they were referred to in the statement of case, it's probably just that the Inspector can't locate them. I'm not sure what the question is meant to be asking, but you certainly won't be able to introduce new documents that haven't been previously referenced in your application or statement of case.

Whilst I need to get planning permission first before I can start thinking about a plan, that's pretty much my approach. Each of my "research" notes has a section at the top for "design decisions". At the point I go to plan (or to discussions with specialists to create the plan), I'll just take the design decisions as they stand at that point in time. In the meantime, I have the opportunity through research (including here) to refine my understanding. My heating and cooling section is a great example where I'm constantly adding research and important little pieces of information, experience, or wisdom. The "design decisions" start with "Expensive fabric = cheap heating" and "Simplest system possible, even if that means a little more complication/cost in installing it in the first place" for example.

There's a difference between scanning a colour swatch and having the reference to the actual colour mix. The scan will always be approximate, but if your paint supplier has the actual mix of colours to make a specific brand/colour combination, they don't need to scan anything. If Crown now own F&B then they likely have full access to the actual mixes and won't need to scan anything.

Super easy to start with and you can get as complicated and complex as you like through add-ons. I mostly keep it super simple - it's just text, images, and inline documents with various links externally and internally to the PKM.

The knowledge base I referred to is my own. I use a package called Obsidian to create a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system for all sorts of things, but I have a dedicated one for everything related to the (hopefully) future build. Those particular images came from this site though https://www.hotelsuniversity.com/hotel-hvac-systems-what-are-my-options-part-2/

You're welcome. The systems obviously have a price differential because of the extra benefits that Passive brings. I can't really comment on whether the 15% price difference is worth it to you, but for me, I'll be going Passive.

All the info from the tour can be found at...

@DevilDamo The comments were all meant for the original poster as an attempt to clarify the reasoning for the various things that had been mentioned in the various posts. It wasn't my intent to offend anyone. Apologies if that inadvertently happened.

Because you're within 2 metres of the property boundary... You can't have a dual-pitched roof because you are within 2 metres of the property boundary and hence maximum height is 2.5m If the INTERNAL floor area is less than 15m2, then it is BR exempt. If between 15m2 and 30m2 then it must be constructed of substantially non-combustible materials because you will be less than 1m from at least the rear boundary.

I'm not at the stage of needing to actually find a UK supplier, but Daikin advertise these from their UK site... https://www.daikin.co.uk/en_gb/products/product.html/FWXM-ATV3R.html Also, @joth has mentioned these before - think he has them... joth on buildhub - "Mitsubishi is my M&E guy's go to make, but now we've agreed cooling is legal he's thinking Panasonic is better as it multiple flow temperatures and better cooling modes." - https://www.shopclima.it/en/panasonic-paw-fc-d15-aquarea-compact-fan-coil-with-left-side-connection-1-5-kw.html (which are actually https://www.systemair.com/en/products/air-conditioning/fan-coil-units/syscoil-comfort?sku=374272, even Panasonic notes in their literature that they don't manufacture them...)