{"id":151,"date":"2007-08-28T14:19:29","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-finance-zone.co.uk\/uncategorized\/demand-for-green-home-rebates\/"},"modified":"2007-08-28T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T14:19:29","slug":"demand-for-green-home-rebates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/08\/28\/demand-for-green-home-rebates\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand for &#8216;green home&#8217; rebates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><strong>Households should receive council tax rebates to encourage them to install solar panels and wind turbines, an independent think tank claims.<\/strong> <\/font>The New Local Government Network says planning laws should be relaxed to increase the take-up of green energy.<\/p>\n<p>It also suggests local authorities could offer interest-free loans towards the cost of installation.<\/p>\n<p>But the Campaign to Protect Rural England says precious landscapes must be safeguarded. <!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>Currently the government offers a grant of up to 30% towards the cost of installing wind turbines or solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been consulting on whether they should be permitted without planning permission where the impact on neighbours is minimal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mva\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"bull\">A typical domestic turbine system providing one to six kilowatts costs from \u00c2\u00a31,500<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"bull\">They can be rooftop-mounted or stand-alone<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"bull\">Rotor diameters range from 1-11m and stand-alone models from 6-12m in height<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"bull\">They usually require planning permission regardless of size<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"bull\">Visual impact and noise are the main concerns in planning<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"bull\">The government&#8217;s low carbon buildings programme provides grants (maximum of \u00c2\u00a32,500)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Households should receive council tax rebates to encourage them to install solar panels and wind turbines, an independent think tank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}