Before submission
These items change what can be built or how it is approved. Resolve them before the full plans deposit.
Title and boundaries
The title number is not published online. The auction legal pack was not available.
Ground risks: coal mining and radon
Gedling is a former coalfield. Radon potential varies across Nottinghamshire.
Surface water route
The services sketch takes rainwater to the road sewer. Part H3 requires infiltration first where ground conditions allow.
Connections and grid
The twin has 7.56 kWp PV, a 10 kWh battery, a 7.4 kW EV charger and a heat pump.
MVHR location
The twin places the MVHR unit in the cold loft beside the chimney. Passive House practice keeps the unit inside the thermal envelope.
Passive House targets
PHI Passive House Classic criteria, set against the twin's first-pass estimate. Certification needs a PHPP model, the as-built details and a blower-door test.
| Criterion | PHI limit | Twin estimate | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space heating demand | ≤ 15 kWh/m²a | ≈ 16 | Refine in PHPP |
| or heating load | ≤ 10 W/m² | ≈ 14 | Refine in PHPP |
| Airtightness n50 | ≤ 0.6 h⁻¹ | design 0.6 | Test at first fix and completion |
| Primary energy renewable (PER) | ≤ 60 kWh/m²a | heat pump + PV | PHPP |
| Overheating frequency (> 25 °C) | ≤ 10 % (target 5 %) | not yet assessed | Required |
| Opaque U-values | ≈ 0.10–0.15 | walls 0.10, roof 0.09, floor 0.10 | Specified |
| Windows installed | Uw,inst ≤ 0.85 | Uw 0.80, ψ-install ≤ 0.04 | Specified |
| MVHR heat recovery | ≥ 75 % (PHI) | ≥ 90 % | Specified |
To close the gap: Uw 0.75 windows, 320 mm EPS on walls, 92 % MVHR and optimised south glazing bring the estimate to about 14 kWh/m²a. The bungalow form and attached garage make compactness the main challenge.
Construction details
Key thermal-bridge-free junctions at 1:10, schematic. Numbered callouts match the notes. Final details follow the raft supplier's, window manufacturer's and truss manufacturer's standard details.
Element build-ups
Specification by element, outside to inside. Products are named by type; equivalent certified products may be used if they meet the same performance.
Structural design responsibility
Structural calculations come from the manufacturers and the engineer named below. Building Control can approve with conditions, with the calculations deposited before each element starts on site.
| Element | Designed by | Standard | To submit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulated raft foundation | Raft system supplier's engineer | BS EN 1992-1-1, BS EN 1997-1 | Raft calculations and drawings based on the site investigation, edge and thickening details, reinforcement schedule | Required |
| Prefabricated trussed rafters, 25° hip | Truss manufacturer (TRA member) | BS EN 1995-1-1, BS 8103-3 | Truss and girder calculations, layout, hip set, bracing, hangers, loads incl. PV and loft plant | Required |
| Lintels and the 4.0 m bi-fold opening | Lintel manufacturer / structural engineer | BS EN 1993-1-1, BS EN 845-2 | Lintel schedule, steel beam or goalpost with thermally broken padstones | Required |
| Masonry walls and restraint | Structural engineer | BS EN 1996-1-1, BS 8103-2 | Wall panel and wind check, strapping to trusses at 2 m centres | Required |
| EWI fixings | EWI system holder | ETA / BBA certificate | Fixing pattern for wind load and exposure, fire classification | Required |
| PV mounting on the roof | MCS installer + truss manufacturer | MCS 012 | Roof load check and fixing design | Required |
| Retaining walls (sloping plot) | Structural engineer | BS EN 1997-1 | Only if the survey shows level changes need them | If needed |
Building Regulations compliance, Parts A–S
How the design meets each Approved Document and the evidence to deposit with the full plans application.
| Part | How the design complies | Evidence | Status |
|---|
Full plans application
The content for Gedling's full plans form, ready to transfer into the Planning Portal or the LABC form. Fields marked "to confirm" need the client's details.
Application
- Authority
- Gedling Borough Council, Building Control
- Route
- Planning Portal, or the LABC Full Plans form from Gedling's website. Payment by phone on 0115 901 3740, online or BACS.
- Type
- Full plans (recommended for a new dwelling)
- Site address
- Land adjacent to 172 Shelford Road, Gedling, Nottingham NG4 4JJ
- Description
- Erection of a single-storey three-bedroom detached dwelling with integral garage to Passive House standard: insulated raft foundation, external wall insulation on dense blockwork, prefabricated trussed rafter roof, MVHR, air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating, 7.56 kWp PV with 10 kWh battery, and EV charge point.
- Use
- Dwellinghouse (C3), one storey, GIA 185.78 m²; not a higher-risk building
- Planning
- 2024/0465, approved for a single-storey dwelling (demonstrator assumption)
- Water and drainage
- Mains water (Severn Trent). Foul to public sewer. Surface water to soakaway or SuDS subject to percolation test.
- Conditions
- Consent to approval with conditions for the structural calculations listed above
- Fee
- Plan and inspection charge for one new dwelling from Gedling's current charges; confirm with Building Control
Dutyholders and declarations
Required with every full plans application in England since 1 October 2023.
- Client
- Plot owner (company) To confirm
- Principal designer
- Emperus Architecture, proposed Client to appoint in writing
- Principal contractor
- To be appointed To confirm
- Agent
- Emperus Architecture · 07738 968951 · emperusgroup@gmail.com
- Statements
- Client's statement on the competence of the appointed dutyholders; statement that the building is not higher-risk; description of the work and its compliance
- Competent persons
- Electrical (Part P), heat pump and unvented cylinder (G3), MVHR commissioning (Part F) and PV (MCS) self-certified by registered installers
- After approval
- Commencement notice, staged inspections, airtightness test, as-built SAP/EPC and BREL, then the completion certificate
Document register
What the full plans package needs and where each item stands. Twin items are already in this website.
| Document | Source | Status |
|---|
Sources: Pugh Auctions, Lot 292 (plot size, planning ref and date) · Gedling BC, apply for building regulation approval · Future Homes Standard transitional dates. This page is design guidance prepared in the twin; it is not a Building Control decision.