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Leicestershire BUILDER Magazine • AUGUST 2016 • Tel: 01530 244069
Ibstock plot Mr & Mrs D Webster (c/o Agent: David Granger Design Ltd, The Old Dairy, Mill Street, Packington, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics. LE65 1WN) – Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 9 new dwellings – at Secura Labels, 50-56 Measham Road, Moira, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE12 6AA. Mr Louis Masserrella (c/o Agent: Mathew Humby, Ritchie & Ritchie LLP, The Manor House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth B79 7QF) – Variation of conditions 2,3,9,11 & 12 of planning permission 15/00032/FULM in order to allow for the erection of 30 dwellings with a revised site layout – at land off Forest Road, Coalville, Leicestershire. Mr Nick Carr (c/o Agent: Mark Rose, Define Planning & Design Ltd, Unit 6, 133-137 Newhall Street, Birmingham B3 1SF) Residential development of up to 36 dwellings – at land north of Swepstone Road, Heather, Leics.
Oadby & Wigston Borough Mr Ravi Chawda (c/o Agent: Malcolm Goodall, The Drawing Room (Architects) Ltd, 130 Moat Street, Wigston, Leicester LE18 2GE) – Change of use of ground floor from restaurant into 2 separate flats and associated external alterations – at 32 Junction Road, Wigston, Leicester LE18 1PN.
Blaby District Arlington Farming Ltd (c/o: Little Croft, Whetstone Pastures Dairy, Whetstone Gorse Lane, Whetstone, Leicester) – Erection of new milking parlour – at Whetstone Pastures Farm, Whetstone Gorse Lane, Whetstone, Leicester LE8 6LX. Mr N Patel (c/o Agent: A A Parr, 9 Tilton Drive, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5WW) – Two storey side/rear and single storey side extensions to create an additional retail unit and subdivision of the existing first floor accommodation to provide an additional 2 flats at first floor level, including the erection of one dwelling with access off Chaplin Court – at 5-7 Sun Way, Braunstone Town, Leicester LE3 3DS. Mr Ahmet Cetinkaya (c/o Agent: Brian Dearlove Partnership, Unit D, Edward House, Grange Business Park, Enderby Road, Whetstone, Leicester LE8 6EP) – Erection of one pair of semi-detached dwellings with associated access and amenity space – at land south of 11 Knightsbridge Road, Glen Parva, Leicester.
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SDL Graham Penny are offering for sale BY AUCTION a building plot in Ibstock. The plot – at 56 Gladstone Street, Ibstock, Leicestershire LE67 6NH – has Outline Planning Permission (ref: 16/00448/OUT) for one detached house. The Guide Price is £55,000+ The auction takes place on Thursday 11th August 2016 at Leicester City Football Club, King Power Stadium, Leicester, commencing at 11.30 am. For more information, or to arrange a viewing, contact SDL Graham Penny on 0116 254 9654, or visit www.sdlgrahampenny.co.uk
Single building plot in Rothwell: £150k Guide BERRYS are offering for sale a building plot with full planning permission (ref: KET/2015/0350) for the erection of a single storey dwelling with parking. The plot – at the rear of 101 Rushton Road, Rothwell, Northants. NN14 6HG – is currently used as an orchard. For sale by Private Treaty with Guide Price of £150,000. For more information, or to arrange a viewing, contact Berrys on 01536 517777 or email: kettering@berrys.uk.com
Building land for 7 dwellings in Oadby ANDREW GRANGER & CO. are offering for sale a development site at Blackthorn Lane, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4FA. The site is situated in a backwater setting within the highly-regarded Blackthorn Lane, situated just off Manor Road in Oadby. The site benefits from planning consent for 5 or 7 substantial dwellings. For sale by Private Treaty – price on application. For more information, contact Andrew Granger & Co. on 0116 242 9922.
Wilbarston opportunity FINE & COUNTRY are offering for sale a five-bed Georgian house with full planning permission to convert the barn into a separate dwelling. The property – The Poplars, Wilbarston – has an asking price of £650,000. For more information, contact Fine & Country on 01858 463747 or visit the website at www. fineandcountry.com
Intelligent Valves Take Pressure Off Heating Engineers ACCORDING to Albion Valves, a UK valves supplier, hydronic balancing is one of the most complicated tasks faced by heating engineers and a poorly balanced system means a system, which is both energy inefficient and costing money. To help take the pressure off engineers, Albion recommends specifying intelligent valves to help strike the perfect balance. Dynamic valves such as Pressure Independent Control Valves (PICVs) and Differential Pressure Control Valves (DPCVs) are like pneumatic mechanisms, but instead of using oil or air they are operated by water pressure. Their intelligence comes from their ability to adjust as the system changes, allowing them to read the conditions, attune accordingly and help prevent the system over delivering and wasting energy. PICVs promote balance and control, they are generally installed at end of line energy sources such as air handling units, fan coil units and chilled beams, which offer the best position from which to regulate the performance of the heating system as a whole. By constantly selfregulating to system variances, PICVs ensure pressure influences from the rest of the circuit are avoided, promoting excellent control of the flow required to each unit in accordance with the demand for either heating or cooling. Additionally, for almost the entire building services supply chain PICVs save time and cost. From a designer’s perspective they require less complicated calculations, from an installer’s perspective there are fewer valves to install giving both space and financial savings. For a commissioning engineer they give flow verification but with no balancing work required so delivering a better performing system all round. The other smart valve in Albion’s portfolio is the DPCV. This differs from the PICV in that the differential pressure is controlled at the precise location it is installed in, therefore allowing the flexibility of phased commissioning or balancing of each sub-circuit. DPCVs offer beneficial energy savings in ‘real life’ installations through eliminating localized overflows in sub-circuits that often occur within poorly balanced and controlled radiator applications. In a variable volume system when the heating or water flow is not needed in a building, a DPCV has the ability to prevent it from circulating using its integral intelligence to conserve the energy that would be otherwise wasted. So common inefficiencies, such as water losing energy to its surroundings, heating losing heat or cooling gaining heat into the pipe distribution system need not occur. Albion Valves, Technical Specifications Manager, Paul Wightman commented: “Dynamic valves ensure performance and comfort so there is no human interaction required to counter the badly balanced system. With the introduction of dynamic balancing products onto the market there is an increasing opportunity to simplify the entire process of balancing a system for heating engineers, as well as cutting costs and improving consistency. The choice of equipment is key to achieving a well-balanced system. “
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