By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
Last week I forecast this u-turn:
An “arbitrary” rule with the potential to force households to install heat pumps in the middle of their gardens is set to be scrapped by the Government.
Under the plans, buried in the detail of the Autumn Statement, people would no longer have to fit the devices at least one metre from neighbouring properties.
Ministers say ditching the rule would help to “capitalise on the UK’s world-leading approach to decarbonising the economy”.
Currently, planning regulations mean that to qualify for the Government’s £5,000 heat pump grant devices should be installed at least one metre (3.28ft) from any boundary wall.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/11/23/one-metre-rule-for-heat-pumps-to-be-scrapped/
So tough luck if your neighbour decides to instal one of these noisy things right next to your home.
But if the government really thinks that people will start taking up their heat pump grants, it just shows that they are living in cloud cuckoo land. They still obviously have not realised that nobody wants these massively expensive devices, that don’t even heat your home properly.
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