EPC Rating F - help!!!

ComicGeek

FreeBear said:

ComicGeek said:

FreeBear said:

ComicGeek said:

ArbitraryRandom said:

ComicGeek said:

One option would be to install condenser less heating/cooling units in the bedroom and living room to replace the panel heaters, like the Powrmatic Vision units. Does require drilling holes in the external walls so might need freeholder consent.

Am I correct in remembering that if you have more than one A2A unit in a property that you could also need planning consent? Based on an assessment of noise etc. 

Multiple units wouldn't fall under permitted development, so would need planning consent. That is a key benefit of the condenserless heat pumps, as planning consent isn't needed.

Well, um... Planning permission is required, even for a single unit. For most people, one unit would fall under the rules for permitted development and meets certain limitations. Multiple units will require PP as would anything that also provides cooling.

Ref: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/14/crossheading/class-g-installation-or-alteration-etc-of-air-source-heat-pumps-on-domestic-premises/made - Note G.3.a.

But my point still stands - condenserless heat pumps don't need planning consent, regardless of how many you install throughout the property.

G.2.a of the legislation linked to -  Development is not permitted by Class G if—

in the case of the installation of an air source heat pump, the development would result in the presence of more than 1 air source heat pump on the same building or within the curtilage of the building or block of flats

But it's not an air source heat pump, that has a very specific definition under the legislation.