HEATING PRIOR

PLANNING APPLICATION CONSULTATION

This leaflet contains important information on the planning application to be made for the Heating Swaffham Prior Project by County Council and Swaffham Prior Community Land Trust. The planning application, if granted, will enable delivery of the renewable energy centre and heat network proposed.

Please review this overview and provide feedback on the project by 22nd June. Project Overview

Dear Swaffham Prior, Swaffham Community Land Trust

We are pleased to present the Heating Emma Fletcher Swaffham Prior project prior to its planning Has been in the CLT for 6 submission! This milestone has been 2.5 years years, and lived in Swaffham in the making, and represents the collected Prior for 14 years. Emma is a efforts of many people in the village. The qualified rural surveyor. project is set to make Swaffham Prior a village Mike Barker of the future, bringing renewable heating to Has been in the CLT for 4 the village, whilst also addressing issues of years, and lived in Swaffham fuel poverty, unstable oil prices and cost- Prior for 6 years. Mike is an effective heating. ecology consultant by trade.

With the support of Cambridgeshire County Gordon Petrie Council, central Government (Department Retired from a career in for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), technical consultancy, and the local community; land, funding, and and now spends his time technical support for the project has been volunteering at food & secured. Most significantly, in the last year, conservation charities. 166 homes have expressed their interest in David Greenfield has been in the CLT for joining the heating network. Whilst not every 6 years, and lived in SP for 17 years. David home has yet signed up to the network, the is also on the Parish Council and was a key project and planning application proposes a player in bringing broadband to the village level of infrastructure capable of servicing all in 2004. homes in the future. This will provide options Penny Wilkinshaw has lived in the village for households to join in the future. for over 23 years. She is a trustee of multiple charities and a Deputy Lieutenant of We thank all who have been involved in Cambridgeshire. bringing this project forward and reaching this milestone. As part of the planning application, we will share evidence from this consultation, Cambridgeshire County Council and encourage all households to submit their Sheryl French feedback on the planning considerations. Leads the Mobilising Local Energy Investment team at Kind Regards, CCC, and has worked with Emma, Penny, Mike, David and Gordon the Rural Estates team to Swaffham Prior Community Land Trust secure land for the Heating Swaffham Prior project.

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Project Overview Heating Swaffham Prior will deliver a renewable heating network to the village by Summer 2021. An energy centre (located on Heath Road) will use boreholes, air source heat pumps, and solar power to supply thermal energy to an underground heat network, connecting to individual households. The project has now entered final design stages following an extensive two-year public consultation, completion of detailed surveys, and a positive planning pre-application meeting with the planning department at Cambridgeshire County Council.

Energy Centre In existing barn see page 6 Source 2 Photovoltaics to power energy centre. est. 1 ha. Source 3 Air source heat collectors

Connections see page 7 To household heating Source 1 systems, in conservation area Boreholes ground source heat collector area, est.11.5ha

Underground Heat Network see page 2/3

Planning Application

A single planning application including the energy centre, heating network and connection to homes is to be made to Cambridgeshire County Council (under Regulation 3). District Council will have oversight of local planning considerations such as tree protection and conservation of properties. The feedback you share through this consultation will inform the final design and construction approach. The application will also undergo a statutory consultation period.

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Overview 1. Feasibility of connection

A network of underground pipes will run from There are lots of existing utilities beneath the renewable Energy Centre connecting the streets of Swaffham Prior, avoiding all participating homes via a heat interface these in the network design is essential! unit (HIU). Heat circulates constantly through The network design must also respond the network, transferring thermal energy to level changes, protected trees, generated by the energy centre to each heat natural features, flood zones and legal interface unit. The heat interface unit transfers boundaries identified through surveys. the heat to the radiators and hot water system (ie. it acts at the household boiler). 2. Protect trees and biodiversity

A successful planning application will permit Heating Swaffham Prior aims to support Cambridgeshire County Council to deliver the sustainability in the village, protecting renewable heating network to the Village. The existing natural habitats, populations design shown has been developed through and trees. Avoiding key natural sites has consideration of the three principles set-out informed the network design. opposite. The final network and construction 3. Minimise disruption to daily life plan will be shared with the Village in advance of any works, and any design changes made The network design makes use of roads, must also follow the principles set-out. pathways and Cambridgeshire County Council land. It has been designed to minimise construction times, allow continuity of traffic flow, and minimise works to private properties. Where FEEDBACK RESPONSE suitable (pending location of internal The network design has been a sensitive heating system), connections will be process, responding to concerns about made via the street side of properties. road or pathway disruption in the village Houses will be individually surveyed by during construction. The route design contractors prior to construction. has been made as efficient as possible, to minimise the overall construction Pipes like these will be used to deliver complexity and time to build. and return the heating fluid, there will be a Do you think these are the right design range of diameters used depending on principles for your street, have you got requirements of the any other suggestions? (See question 1 ) house or network.

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2 Protect Trees & biodiversity

BURIED SERVICES ADDED TO PLAN. ROADS F REINTRODUCED TO HEAT NETWORK ROUTE 13.04.20 LB

RINGMAIN REPLACED WITH RADIAL. ROADS AVOIDED E AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 08.01.20 LB HEAT NETWORK ROUTE FINALISED FOR D REVIEW BY CCC AND PROJECT TEAM 21.08.19 LB C ENERGY CENTRE MOVED TO BARN 17.07.19 LB DUO 50+50 B RED LINE BOUNDARY ADDED 10.06.19 LB Issue No. Description Date Design Chk'd 1 Consultant Feasibility of connection

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ENERGY CENTRE HOUSING HEAT PUMPS, GAS BOILERS AND ALL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING Drawing Name METERS DESIGN TEMP 70/40°C DN150 4.5MW PEAK OUTPUT 4.5MW 59l/s 4m/s 767Pa/m HEAT NETWORK ROUTE DN150 2.0MW 24l/s 1.8m/s 168Pa/m

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N Water Storage Vessels Fan Beds (Air Source Heat Pump) Heath Road Bus turning circle & parking

Above: Proposed Site plan Right: Existing barn on site The Energy Centre is to be located in an existing barn on the site just off Heath Road. The centre will include a series of renewable heat pumps to generate thermal energy. A set of LPG gas boilers will also be included but only used if really needed. The existing building will be re-roofed and upgraded to control noise and vibrations.

In the future, it is proposed that the site could support educational visits, such as neighbouring community groups and school children. The existing hard landscaping will be extended to the North East, to accomodate bus parking and turning, a small number of car parking spaces will also be made available on site. Security measures and visual screening will be installed at both the energy centre, and the solar array site (see blue triangle below). The boreholes will be concealed underground, these will be contained to the red shared area below.

FEEDBACK RESPONSE Through the public consultation an Mill Hill aspiration to minimise the visual impact of Heath Road an energy centre was identified. Several options were reviewed, and the final scheme makes use of an existing barn minimising visual impact. The public right Energy Centre of way will also be maintained throughout construction, and is not impacted by the bore holes, which are to be concealed underground. New visual screening Solar Array Location Borehole Array Location

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Construction Conservation

There are three construction workstreams involved in the heating project;

1. Network construction Laying network pipes through streets and paths 2. Household connections Installation of the Heat Interface Unit, There are 47 listed buildings and 1 listed and pipe connections from house garden in Swaffham Prior. The Heating to network. Connections will be project aims to support the long-term designed on an individual basis by preservation of these buildings by the appointed contractors. providing sustainable, cost-effective 3. Energy Centre construction heating. The heating system proposed Bore hole drilling, barn is no more invasive than an existing improvements, mechanical plant oil heating system, and will enable the installation removal of oil tanks improving the local conservation setting of these buildings. All three workstreams will consider local traffic, vibration, dust and noise For the planning application a heritage mitigation as required. A number of assessment will consider the impacts options for delivering the pipe network of the scheme on designated heritage will be reviewed by the contractors, to assets like listed buildings, conservation find the best balance between speed and areas and archaeological sites. It will be causing least disruption. Please respond key to avoid harm to archaeology and on the feedback form to make your to listed buildings through good design, view on construction know. During the but if unavoidable, planning policy allows construction period, a code of conduct limited harm where this is outweighed and contractor liaison will be in operation. by benefits such as sustainability.

Surveys

The pre-application review of the project by Cambridgeshire County Council indicated that a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was not required. This decision was made in consultation with Natural , Historic England, the Environment Agency and others.

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What happens next? Planning Application Submitted July 2020 To get the Heating Swaffham Prior project this far, engaging with the village has been Household Contract Workshop essential and won’t end here! Summer 2020 (for signed-up households) Communications to the village have included everything from posters on notice boards, House Connection Workshop windows, to the project mailing list, use of the Summer 2020 (for signed-up households) village facebook page and project instagram (all details available below). Planning Application Determined October 2020 The next step of the project is the submission of the planning application, including the feedback received via the attached form. Construction Contractor Appointment November 2020 A successful planning application will trigger the next stages of project development and Final Network Design Detailed a series of communications to make sure that November 2020 everyone in the village is aware of the final network plan, forthcoming construction works, and how individual household connections will Network + Energy Centre Construction be arranged. Starts January 2021

FEEDBACK RESPONSE Household Connections Over the last year, the Heating Swaffham February 2021 - October 2021 Prior Team have adopted a number of suggestions put forward by people in the village, including the circulation of booklets about the scheme, posters in the window campaign, and attending Science week at the village school.

If you have any ideas to continue development of communications in the village (particularly during ‘lockdown’) please let the team know. July 2019, Walking the future Network

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