Welcome

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• Fire Alarm – What to do

• Toilets

House Keeping

Introductions and Itinerary

• Neil Horton - house design and Style

• Adrian Bussetil – Planning Status

• David Murphy – How to finance the plot

• Comfort Break

• John and Jacqueline Barker – Self Building

Introductions and Itinerary

• Paul Newman – Your home and the Code

• Terry Mahoney – How I personalised a

Potton Barn

• Questions and Answers - notes

• Lunch

• Show houses – John Gaddes, Steve

Alexander , Richard Clements, Mick

Darcey , Ian Trudgeon

Designing with Potton

• The Site

• House Proportion

• House Style

• Your Living Requirements

• Budget

Potton Product Ranges

Heritage by Potton

Heritage by Potton

Heritage by Potton

Rectory by Potton

Rectory by Potton

Rectory by Potton

Shire by Potton

Shire by Potton

Bungalow by Potton

Bungalow by Potton

Barn by Potton

Barn by Potton

Renaissance by Potton

Zenit by Potton

Zenit by Potton

Your Living Requirements Lifestyle Trends

Open Plan Living

Open Plan Living

Dining / Kitchen

Dining / Kitchen

Well Proportioned Rooms

Sunrooms

Sunrooms

Sunrooms

French doors

Vaulted Ceilings

Galleries

Galleries

Best Room In The House?

Work from Home ?

Let there be light !

Design Flexibility

Design Flexibility

Ground Floor

Design Flexibility

1st Floor

1st Floor

Ground Floor

Design Flexibility

Front Elevation

Design Flexibility

Rear Elevation

Design Flexibility

Design Flexibility

Design Flexibility

Potton Bespoke

Potton Bespoke

Quality Joinery

Quality Joinery

Quality Joinery

Quality Joinery

Quality Joinery

Quality Components

Potton Package

• Design

• Planning

• Manufacture in our own factory

• Delivery and Erection of Timber Frame

• 2nd Fix Joinery Components

• Project Management Services

• Sub Contract trades

• Design Flexibility

• 40 Years Manufacturing Experience

• High Quality Component Selection

• Potton Team – Start to Finish

Summary

Adrian Bussetil MRTPI

• Garden Plots - a Change in

Status

• When to buy land

• Will the plot meet your

Aspirations

The Planning Process

Garden Grabbing ?

• Declassification of garden Land

• Council’s Power to object is unchanged

• Business as usual

Garden Grabbing

Land and its Planning Status

• With Planning - OPP or DPP

• Replacement Dwelling - Size

- Height

• Without Planning - Infill

- Backland

- Group

Land and its Planning Status

• Land outside the built up frame work

When is a plot not a plot ?

• Opportunities and Constraints

Will the Plot meet your Aspirations

Standard Grounds Rules

Street Scene – Scale and Form

Acceptable Street Scene..?

• Garden Grabbing - Business as usual

• Ground Rules - Overbearing /

Overshadowing

- Scale, Form and

Appearance

• Full planning and Architectural services

In summary

Paul Newman

Your Home and the Code for Sustainable Homes

The Next Fifteen Minutes

• The Code for Sustainable Homes

• What is it?

• Why is it happening?

• How can we help?

• Our products

• Our services

2007 2008 2010 2013 2016

Private >

Public >

Voluntary

Assessmentmandatory

Level 3mandatory

Level 4mandatory

Level 6mandatory

Level 3mandatory

Level 4mandatory

Level 6mandatory

The Basics

• Measures the sustainability of a new home against

categories of sustainable design, rating the ‘whole

house’ as a complete package; and

• Uses a one to six star rating system.

The Basics• Sets minimum standards for energy and water use

at each level.

• Gives a minimum entry standard for materials,

waste and surface water run-off

• Is flexible with regard to, health and well-being,

management, ecology and pollution

36%

9%7%2%

7%

3%

14%

10%

12%

Energy & CO2 Water

Materials Surface water run off

Waste Pollution

Health & Wellbeing Management

Ecology

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1 credit10%

120 litres 1.5 credits

3 credits18%

120 litres 1.5 credits

5 credits25%

105 litres 4.5 credits

8 credits44%

105 litres 4.5 credits

14 credits100 %

80 litres 7.5 credits

15 creditsA zero carbon home

80 litres 7.5 credits

Code Level

6

5

4

3

2

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Overall % ofTotal points

90

84

68

57

48

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Achieving a Rating

Ene 1 - Dwelling Emission Rate 15 creditsEne 2 - Building fabric 2 creditsEne 3 - Internal lighting 2 creditsEne 4 - Drying space 1 creditEne 5 - Energy labelled white goods 2 creditsEne 6 - External lighting 2 creditsEne 7 - Low or zero carbon technologies 2 creditsEne 8 – Cycle storage 2 creditsEne 9 – Home office 1 credit

Wat 1 - Indoor water use 5 creditsWat 2 - External water use 1 credit

Mat 1 - Environmental impacts 15 creditsMat 2 - Responsible sourcing - Building elements 6 creditsMat 3 - Responsible sourcing - Finishing elements 3 credits

Sur 1 - Management of surface water run-off 2 creditsSur 2 - Flood risk 2 credits

34 Issues / 104 Credits / 100 Points

Pol 1 - GWP of insulants 1 creditPol 2 - NOx emissions 3 credits

Man 1 - Home user guide 3 creditsMan 2 - Considerate constructors scheme 2 creditsMan 3 - Construction site impacts 2 creditsMan 4 – Security 2 credits

Hea 1 – Daylighting 3 creditsHea 2 - Sound insulation 4 creditsHea 3 - Private space 1 creditHea 4 - Lifetime Homes 4 credits

Eco 1 - Ecological value of site 1 creditEco 2 - Ecological enhancement 1 creditEco 3 - Protection of ecological features 1 creditEco 4 - Changes in ecological value 4 creditsEco 5 - Building footprint 2 credits

Was 1 - Waste storage / recycling 4 creditsWas 2 - Construction site waste management 2 creditsWas 3 – Composting 1 credit

34 Issues / 104 Credits / 100 Points

Our Building Performance Team

• Planning Energy Statements

• SAP Calculations

• Guidance on building fabric and

renewables

• Pre-design Code assessments

• Design stage Code assessment

• Pre- and/or post-completion air-leakage

testing

• Post-completion Code assessment &

certification

Delivering The Code

Paul Newman

Building the Energy Efficient Home