Thank you to the 187 of you who added your names to the petition we wrote to Don Foster on 30th May 2014 to ask him to support the amendment to the Deregulation Bill which would allow B&NES council to continue to specify higher sustainability standards for new house building in Bath. We also wrote a […]
Category Archives: Planning
Housing Survey Analysis
A big thank you too to everyone who completed our housing survey – more 160 people completed the survey following its publication on our last newsletter email in March and via an article on the Bath Chronicle. Highlights of the survey results include Affordable homes with good transport links were the top priorities, closely followed […]
The impacts of the Deregulation Bill 2013/2014 on Bath’s future homes
Currently B&NES council, where viable, imposes high standards on building development in Bath than the minimum required by Building Regulation. It currently requires most new housing developments to be built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5, which reduces the carbon emissions from homes by over 50% and reduces energy bills by up to 80%. […]
The cost and benefits of building new homes to Code for Sustainable Homes level 5
B&NES council currently require, where viable, that new housing developments in Bath are built to Code for Sustainable Homes level 5. Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 imposes high energy, water, security, disabled access and environmental standards on new homes, increasing build costs but not increasing house prices. It benefits home occupiers by reducing their […]
Why more sustainable homes in Bath should not be more expensive to buy?
It may seem counter-intuitive but homes built to higher standards In Bath, for example Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 should not cost any more to purchase. This is because the impact of higher standards is typically borne by the land owner, and not the builder or purchaser of a home. This statement is probably […]
Update May 2014: the state of sustainable building standards in B&NES
Background Transition Bath have been working over the last 2 years to support the council in imposing more sustainable building standards in B&NES. Currently the council imposes Code for Sustainable Homes level 5 on most new developments but this is under threat: the current coalition government, under pressure from the large house builders is attempting […]