Built environment

04/04/2024

Herefordshire Local Plan consultation events

Herefordshire CC is hosting events across the county to give people the opportunity to discuss and ask questions about the Local Plan and Local Transport Plan. The Local Plan sets out how development in the county will support housing and employment growth until 2041, and the infrastructure needed for their delivery, while at the same time achieving the Council’s social and environmental objectives. The council are also undertaking some early engagement with members of the public and key stakeholders on a new Local Transport Plan for the county. This engagement runs alongside the Draft Local Plan Regulation 18

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29/03/2024

Building Sense Event Recording now available

The most recent HGN Building Sense webinar about Herefordshire Council’s new Home Energy Savers scheme is now on the HGN website. Here is the link to the recording so you can watch it or watch it again. Our speaker Gareth Ellis has also prepared a list of useful links, which you’ll find below. If you’d like the slides please email buildingsense@hgnetwork.org Do check out our events page for links to our other event recordings on a wide range of retrofit-related topics. And if you’d like to become a

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22/03/2024

Update from HGN

HGN has had a busy start to 2024. So far, this year’s online meetings/webinars have attracted over 270 different people from across the county to hear about a wide range of topics. Our Great Collaboration Herefordshire project was set up in 2019 to support groups and parish councils across the county on their path towards net zero and improved biodiversity – our current GCH co-ordinator, Clare, ran a workshop recently for representatives from a range of parishes, and the benefits of sharing experiences were clear. If you’re from a parish or local group that is interested in what the

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HCNP Board Members wanted

Do you want to play a leading role in Herefordshire’s response to the climate emergency? There is still time to apply to join the Herefordshire Climate & Nature Partnership Board! To find out more and apply, click here Closing date for applications is Wednesday 27th March

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22/03/2024

Herefordshire Local Plan consultation events

Herefordshire CC will be hosting events across the county to give people the opportunity to discuss and ask questions about the Local Plan and Local Transport Plan. The Local Plan sets out how development in the county will support housing and employment growth until 2041, and the infrastructure needed for their delivery, while at the same time achieving the Council’s social and environmental objectives. The council are also undertaking some early engagement with members of the public and key stakeholders on a new Local Transport Plan for the county. This engagement runs alongside the Draft Local Plan Regulation

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Update from Big Solar Co-op

Big Solar Co-op, a not-for-profit, carbon-first and volunteer-led organisation whose first large rooftop solar installation was on the Herefordshire borders at Tenbury, has now installed a second large roof mounted system, this time in Cambridgeshire. Big Solar Co-op is progressing some 480 other potential sites on large rooftops across the UK. The buildings range from doctors’ surgeries to community buildings, leisure centres, large shops and other medium and large businesses. Big Solar Co-op was established (by Shrewsbury-based Shareenergy)to help deal with the obstacles that small community energy schemes face in the current climate. Anyone can join, and the 

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15/03/2024

Building Sense Webinar

Home Energy Savers Webinar — new from Herefordshire Council Tuesday 19th March 12:45pm Click here to find out more and book on Eventbrite A brand new scheme to fund home energy assessments and to fund recommended retrofit works! The Home Energy Savers initiative is for households that want to make energy improvements to their homes but whose income means they don’t qualify for support from the national Home Upgrade Grant or some other incentives. It’s open to those with a household income over £36,000 per annum, and/or with disposable income available to spend on measures for their homes.

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REACH: An innovation project for rural communities

An exciting opportunity for rural communities in the South West, South Wales and the Midlands. Regen is working with National Grid Electricity Distribution on an innovation project focused on the decarbonisation of rural areas. REACH: Rural Energy and Community Heat. The project has been funded by network users and consumers under the Strategic Innovation Fund, an Ofgem programme managed in partnership with UKRI. The goal is to find 5-10 rural communities to work with over the next 2 months to co-create innovative approaches for meeting the local area’s decarbonisation ambitions. These will then be taken forward into a second round of project

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