Case Study - Renewable Energy Projects

With concerns about climate change, energy security and rising energy bills, many of our clients have come to us with questions about how to obtain planning permission for renewable energy solutions.

Mid West Planning Ltd can help you obtain planning permission for Solar panels (photo-voltaic), ground source/air source heat pumps, anaerobic digesters, biomass boilers and electric car charging points.

In some situations, it can be possible to install renewable energy infrastructure under permitted development rights, and we can advise about this, and even apply for a Certificate of Proposed Lawfulness, as we have recently done for a dairy farmer in Bowland Area of Natural Beauty who wanted to reduce energy costs and the farm’s carbon footprint.

Electric Car Charging Points

Many of our clients now have electric cars and we can help you to obtain planning permission from your local authority for a charging point, if required.

An electric car charging point, especially when coupled with roof, or ground mounted solar panels, can help you to demonstrate to the planners that your overall development can be considered sustainable development and should be granted planning permission.

Solar Panels

Mid West Planning Ltd has successfully achieved planning permission for both roof-mounted solar panels and solar farm ground-mounted panels.

Our farming client in Lancashire will use the roof mounted solar panels to generate electricity for his dairy farm.  The solar panels extend across the roofs of three agricultural steel portal framed barns and will guarantee a supply to the farm, reduce the farm’s carbon footprint and energy costs.

Biomass Boilers

Smart Tech Renewable Energies Ltd.  employed Mid West Planning Ltd to successfully achieve planning permission for biomass boiler installations in Staffordshire recently.

These boilers will operate using timber sourced by a local forestry contractor and timber merchant, Mr Mark Gellatly.