Our application is in for the new house design. Planning have emailed to say it’s all ready to wrap up apart from requiring a energy statement from a registered assessor.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

I have most of the figures from the heat loss spread sheet off buildhub but obviously I’m not registered 🙈

Thank you in advance 👍🏻

 

Ask your architect - he should have standard words. If you are at planning stage in Scotland, that should be all that's needed. When you get to warrant stage you will need 'as designed' EPC and once built that converted to 'as built'.

 

It's a tick box exercise at planning stage. But if you say your going airtight, they will expect to understand your journey to get there and what products you plan to use with datasheets.

I’ve contacted a few companies today and prices of around £500 are coming in.

 

quote from planning officer

‘’I am just reaching out at this time to ask if an Energy Statement could be submitted to supplement the plans, please?  This is a requirement of all new buildings as per LDP2 Policy OP1, part f).  I have attached the template for convenience if that could be filled in, and submitted in due course.”

 

quote from architect

“As you will read, he is looking for an Energy Statement in order to process the application further.

The statement has to be provided by a registered assessor.”

 

Dumfries and Galloway template that PO sent.

It asks for assessors registration number.

This indicates to me they want this information at the application stage now.

Energy-Statement-template.docx

Not just an energy statement. It’s imposing a condition that 20% of the CO2 target emission is from LZCT. From past experience it will never be checked.

If you are at planning stage and not warrant stage, just say ASHP, solar, MVHR? But the architect should be doing this form for you as part of the design and application process 

 

This form is nothing you should be paying for, until you get to warrant and then the information comes from as designed EPC.

Just to come back to this.
The planning officer did want the energy statement at planning stage by a registered assessor to make sure the building will meet criteria before giving it the go ahead.

I went ahead and instructed Energy Digest to do the statement, SAP and overheating report.

Yes it cost a bit but it’s done now and ready for the building warrant stage.

SAP came in at 111 A+
Co2 reductions below.

 

 

Planning permission has been granted 👍😁

Congrats!
 

From past experience. The mad/sad thing is no one from the planning dept will actually check on completion that you built your house to the upgraded spec!!! BCO won’t be interested either.