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Happy days: Thanks to JamesPa and an e mail from east Herts planning to confirm. They do not participate in or require any CIL submission. A fee averted but more importantly a major potential source of stress evaporates.

My proposed build is in a conservation area, in North Hertfordshire. All trees are protected by default in such an area. But we asked in writing for permission to remove a 65' leylandii. Because its a non natural species the planning department were glad to see it go. And, i guess glad that someone other than them paid for it to go. Take away message, no one cares about Leylandii

Hi Nod I haven't actually found the recipient office that these forms need to go to. Cant see for looking i guess.

Does the same simple description apply on form 7 part 1 as well? I am guessing it does.

I am about to submit my CIL forms (form 2 ). Does anyone have any advice of the correct level of detail to put into the 'Description of development' box? I cant imagine its critical but my experience of planning so far has been a little pedantic. The planning permission grant paperwork said 'Erection of detached dwelling & garage'. Sounds simple and concise so i am minded to go with their own words.

Sorry, yes a mast is a little optimistic. Apologies to the original poster, very rude of me. Welcome and good luck

With a keel and a mast?

My potential house builder specified Rega Vent. I made a point of looking inside the case of one at one of the shows last year. They look truly awful. An uninsulated tin box with a load of untidy wires that look like they are controlled by an Arduino. Nothing wrong with arduino but not on something that costs as much to install as one of these. Not passive house certified either. Just my opinion, i did not buy one.

I dont know what you do for a living but presumably while you are hand building these SIP's panels you are not earning. The speed of a SIP's ( ready made) build has cost benefits that will affect different situations to a more or less degree. I am biased because i am planning a Potton SIP's build. I wonder what kind of figures you expect to save by this DIY approach.

Likely to all look the same as well

The reason i asked is because one of the founding principals of the formation of the town was to provide plots for self builders. You may of course already know this, apologies if you do. There are loads, we used to go POTTON spotting back in the day.

I know its not everybodies cup of tea but have you considered Milton Keynes.

Thanks. I thought there might have been an alternative to Loopcad in the offing

Apologies for jumping into this thread but do they have their own software or do you mean they offer a free design service ? Thanks in advance keith

I read the headline and thought you had squatters, was about to tell you to charge them rent.

Was that from Nu Heat by any chance? My very first 'quote' 18 months ago was from them. Specified by the TF builder. And again mine was very similar numbers. Apart from the price they proposed 14 heating Zones, one for every room in the house. Even as a Noob i thought this was total nonsense.

As per the OP, i have had a very similar estimate just this week. For a Vaillant 7kW. Very generic but almost identical numbers.

Update: Success. I have today been sent a full discharge and satisfaction of the 3 that were causing me such a headache. So for anyone else going through similar pain. I took a drawing from our planning consultants original application submission, removed their logo, jiggled it slightly in Windows Paint, added some scribble about SUD's compliance for the hard landscaping and submitted as my own. Bingo. It was initially a concern that the ASHP was deemed by planning to not have been known to them and that i had to demonstrate that it complied with all their requirements. This is after i pointed out that the initial full planning application clearly showed a box saying ASHP as located outside of the Kitchen on the south side of the house. All good now though. 5. Condition 5 (Levels) attached to 3/22/2639/FUL can be discharged in full. Drawing nos. 22-036-101-LEVELS REV B and 22-036-101-SS REV B highlighting the proposed ground levels and ridge heights are considered to be acceptable. 6. Condition 6 (Climate Change) attached to 3/22/2639/FUL can be discharged in full. The submitted documents outline the dwellings compliance with building regulations, and methods of providing an adaptable dwelling. It is noted the inclusion of an air source heat pump for heating purposes, which complies with Schedule 2, Part 14, Class G of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as confirmed by the applicant. 8. Condition 8 (Landscaping) attached to 3/22/2639/FUL can be discharged in full. The hard and soft landscaping proposal is considered to be acceptable. There is not considered to be any unacceptable arboricultural impact. The landscape officer has provided a comment on the discharge of this condition, in which they raise no objection.

Have you satisfied any planning conditions that came with the permission. I'd be amazed if there are none.

Is there not an option to use the first company again? Or ask them to update their previous report with a new date for a suitable fee. All depends if the PLA are already aware of your unfavourable report.

If and when we get to that stage yes of course. But i like to learn.

As i dont have the knowledge to answer this yet. Is there a table or a calculation i can use that would for example provide the necessary info for a 4, 6, 8 & 10kw array. or whatever is practical/allowed/sensible. The house will be 200 square metres, UFH, Vaillant 7kw ashp, compulsory EV point out front.

Thanks and yes i thought that was the way to go. As stated above, is 500mm deep appropriate? Thanks for this as well, good idea. As to JohnMo's point about being vague, yes totally accept that. That'll be my ignorance of this subject. As it stands today i have no idea if the local rule makers will allow me to put an array in or of what size. It a conservation area. I understand local micro inverters are the current idea. The available fence line space would allow me a 30 metre run of panels on their ' long side' horizontal, if i do a single run. Neighbours on the other side of the fence would then not even see the array so no nuisance value to them.

I have enough space on our plot for a south facing ground array along the northern fence line of our garden. Probably cannot afford to actually install this day one but if there is any money left ( yeah i know)once we move in i would like to put an array in place. So the question is what cables and at what depth should i lay down, just in case. The consumer unit at the front of the house on the west side is 21 metres from the closest point that the array would be sited. Thanks as always keith

Ok it appears to mean the volume of the entire outdoor unit so we are good.