The Head of Planning and Regulatory Services has sent a letter today to contractors Vital Energi  stating that planning permission is required for the works to install the energy transfer equipment and apparatus on behalf of the Trust.

We asked the City Council to investigate whether this s50 work needed to go through the planning process when details of the project were released.

Our view has always been that the planning process would ensure that residents’ comments were fully taken into account, details of what was proposed would be made clear, and appropriate conditions would be set.

You can see the full letter by clicking this link: vitalenergi final

We are waiting to hear the response from Vital Energi and will update the website when we know more. It appears that an environmental impact assessment may also be needed – that is something else that our residents have asked us to find out more about.