Heat Pump Planning Permission - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Heat Pump Planning Permission
FOI Number
2024240
Date Received
23/02/2024
Type of Request
EIR
Request or Question
Could you please provide the following information for each year from 2015 to the most recent year with available data:
* The total number of heat pump planning applications received by your council broken down by heat pump type (e.g. water source, air source, ground source, shared loop ground source).
* The number of heat pump planning applications that were granted broken down by heat pump type (e.g. water source, air source, ground source, shared loop ground source).
* The average time taken to process a heat pump planning application, from submission to approval broken down by heat pump type (e.g. water source, air source, ground source, shared loop ground source) including specifying the longest and shortest timeframe.
If it is not possible to complete the above request broken down by heat pump type, please omit this part of the request and instead provide the overall figures of all heat pumps.
If it is not possible to receive information as far back as 2015, please start with the oldest year on record.
If it is not possible to complete all of the requests, please prioritize them in the order listed above.
Response
The requestor can source the information from the Public Access system by clicking on the following link -
Applications Search (scotborders.gov.uk)
The requestor should search for heat pump applications using the advanced search function, populating the relevant drop-down menus and adding key words (water source, air source, ground source, shared loop ground source) to the search. They can also tailor their search over a prescribed period by adding a date range.
Application Type: Full
Status: Awaiting Decision/Decided
Development Type: 10b Other developments - local
