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Yahoo
25-04-2025
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£2.5m for county homes: will you be eligible?
Herefordshire plans to spend nearly £2.5 million of Government cash to make around 200 households more energy-efficient and sustainable over the next three years. The sum of £2,485,440 from Warm Homes Local Grant will mean an average of £12,400 being spent per home, 'with no resident contribution required', Herefordshire Council said – though householders will be responsible for maintaining installed systems. These are likely to involve replacing broken and inefficient heating systems with renewable air source heat pump systems, as well as installing wall insulation, double glazing and insulated doors. RELATED NEWS: Job cuts could be coming at major county social landlord 'Toxic spores' fears at mould-riddled homes Plan for wind turbines taller than BT Tower unveiled It could also extend to loft and underfloor insulation as well as solar panels – though not to fossil fuel-powered heating systems – and will be delivered by the council's current contractors. To qualify, households need a low Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D to G – which is thought to apply to more than half of all Herefordshire households, with such assessments also being funded. What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here. Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. Park homes, which are not EPC-rated, are also covered. Residents' combined gross annual income can also be no more than £36,000. OTHER NEWS: Decision on gypsy caravan pitches plan for village Lewd joke lands councillor in trouble Future of three-day border rave uncertain as plans put on hold Fuel poverty 'remains a significant issue in Herefordshire', affecting nearly one in five households compared to 13 per cent nationally, the council said. It put this down to 'a combination of low incomes, above average numbers of older, hard-to-treat properties and poor coverage of the mains gas network' – leading to heating systems that are less cost-effective and less sustainable. The spending will also help the council 'progress towards [its] 2030 net-zero carbon ambition for the county', it said.
BBC News
24-04-2025
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- BBC News
Herefordshire Council to spend £2.5m on making homes greener
A council is planning to spend nearly £2.5m to make 200 households more energy-efficient and sustainable over the next three Council has been given £2,485,440 from the government's Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme, which means it will spend an average of about £12,400 on each local authority said that fuel poverty remained "a significant issue in Herefordshire", affecting nearly one in five households compared to nearly one in eight added that while there would be no initial outlay from householders, they would be responsible for maintaining installed systems. Broken and inefficient heating systems will be replaced with renewable air source heat pump systems, and wall insulation, double glazing and insulated doors will be work, which will be carried out by the council's current contractors, could also extend to loft and underfloor insulation as well as solar qualify, households need a low Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D to G – which is thought to apply to more than half of all Herefordshire households. Park homes, which are not EPC-rated, are also combined gross annual income can be no more than £36, council said a combination of "low incomes, above-average numbers of older, hard-to-treat properties and poor coverage of the mains gas network" meant many people were living with less cost-effective and less sustainable heating spending would also help it meet its goal of becoming a carbon-neutral council by 2030, it added. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
