Executive Summary
A fossil-fuel-free dwelling
‘Dial Corner’ is a proposal for an exceptional form of development, a dwelling designed to an unprecedented high level of energy efficiency and carbon mitigation (Design SAP Rating 167) and self-sufficiency over energy, water and waste water management.
Dial Corner is a fossil-fuel-free home, ready for a time of resource scarcity, referred to as the post-hydrocarbon era. The contents of the Planning Statement provides;
Independent third-party verification of these standards has been provided by;
1. Design SAP calculation: REF B133652 dated 11/03/2021 2. Elmhurst Energy Services Ltd: email Chris Rickets (Elmhurst Business Consultancy Manager) dated 30/11/2021 3. CNC Building Control: Matt Kerrisson Building Control Officer
Supporting six reports have been undertaken;
1. Heritage Appraisal 2. Traffic Report 3. Design SAP (Standard Assessment Report) Calculation 4. Ecology Report 5. Acoustic Report 6. Arboriculture Report
Additional information forming part of the application includes;
• Location Plan
• Topographical Survey
• Building Design drawings
Additional consultations include;
• Highways England
• Norfolk County Council Highways
• Parish Council
• Wymondham College
• New Anglia LEP
The name, Dial Corner’ has been adopted as both an eponym and metaphor;
‘The Dial Stone’ is a commemorative pillar recognising Norfolk’s first Turnpike and is located a few metres from the paddock, the proposed development site. The proposed development has adopted the name ‘Dial Corner’, in recognition of its location adjacent to the Dial erected to commemorate the gift made by Sir Edwin Richinson that enabled this stretch of road to be improved. It was Norfolk’s first turnpike road. While the paddock is on the corner of London Road and the A11 slip road, its location also provides a metaphor for a ‘turning point’ in Robert and Belinda Ashton’s lives, “turning a corner “in transitioning towards a fossil-fuel- free lifestyle.‘DIAL CORNER’ PLANNING STATEMENT 21st DECEMBER 2021
