Planning a Domestic Wood Fuel Installation

Support and Advice

Use Green Heat

www.usegreenheat.co.uk

What do I need to know and how do I find out?

• Why use woodfuel?• Which type of woodfuel?• What about storage?• How do I decide which

type of stove or boiler to install?

• And planning permission?• Who else could I talk to?

Why use woodfuel?

• Widely available and versatile

• Range of scales

• Proven technology- widely used across Europe

• Environmentally sound– carbon neutral– can encourage sustainable

management of forest resources

Why use woodfuel?

• Economically attractive – how much will it cost to heat my house?

www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/www.biomassenergycentre.org.ukwww.usewoodfuel.co.ukwww.usegreenheat.co.uk

Types of fuel

• Logs• Woodchips • Pellets

Supplier lists:www.usegreenheat.co.uk

www.lowcarboncairngorms.org

www.usewoodfuel.co.uk

www.scottishwoodfuelnews.org.uk

What about storage?• How much space do I

have?• What about

deliveries?

How do I decide which type of stove to install?

Photographs courtesy of Stovesonline

Or which boiler?

www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/GlobalData/Publications/G_21-10-08_List-of-Approved-Products.

Planningwww.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generate-your-own-energy/Getting-planning-permission

Planning officers

Building regulation officers

Installers

Amanda.calvert@highlandbirchwoods.co.uk