Comment

Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options

Representation ID: 22472

Received: 20/02/2017

Respondent: Miss Judith Rogers

Representation Summary:

The move in favour of wood fuel may have a large detrimental effect on our surroundings with an increase of illegal logging. When ordering logs, people do not question where the supplier has obtained their logs, it is more of a price driven process. Illegal loggers do not care if they are cutting down ancient woodland.
installing a woodburner does not necessarily mean efficient heating as the heat does not move about to different rooms easily, therefore further detail with regard to design etc needs to be made to ensure that heat transfer is maximised throughout the property in question.

Full text:

The move in favour of wood fuel may have a large detrimental effect on our surroundings with an increase of illegal logging. When ordering logs, people do not question where the supplier has obtained their logs, it is more of a price driven process. Illegal loggers do not care if they are cutting down ancient woodland.
installing a woodburner does not necessarily mean efficient heating as the heat does not move about to different rooms easily, therefore further detail with regard to design etc needs to be made to ensure that heat transfer is maximised throughout the property in question.