THE church is looking to go a little greener as plans are submitted to erect solar panels around Winchester Cathedral.
The cathedral has applied to erect the solar panels on the roofs of five non-listed buildings within the cathedral estate.
This includes at The Works Yard, the Works Yard garage block, the Wessex Learning Centre, The Refectory and The Paul Woodhouse Suite.
The design and access statement, put together by T2 Architects, says: “The locations selected for the installation of photovoltaic panels are on non-listed buildings and on roofs which are easily accessible, yet not highly visible within the public realm.
“The aim of the application is to reduce the Cathedral Estate’s usage of fossil fuels and to improve the Estate’s environmental performance by using renewable energy. The Church Of England has set a target to be net carbon zero by 2030. Winchester Cathedral is targeting a carbon reduction carbon of 6 per cent, year on year.
“Winchester Cathedral is currently accredited as Eco Church ‘silver’, and is working towards achieving ‘gold’.”
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WCC’s Historic Environment team have been consulted on the plans, saying: “This is a substantial application which proposes to install solar panels on no less than 5 separate buildings, all of which happen to be within the Winchester Cathedral Estate. None are historic buildings, the oldest being circa 1970. The roof slopes subject to this application have been carefully chosen to avoid prominence within the conservation area, and principal views of listed buildings. The Council is pleased to support the custodians of historic buildings in making their properties more energy efficient, and this scheme fits well with this ambition.
“The proposals will preserve the significance of the heritage assets listed above, and would support the Cathedral in powering (and maintaining) its plethora of historic buildings. There are no concerns with this application in heritage terms.”
One letter of support has been received by the council in regards to the application.
Christine Holloway, of St Swithun Street, said: “I am very pleased to support the Cathedral in making its properties less reliant on fossil fuels, and hope to see more in future.”
More information about this planning application can be found by visiting Winchester City Council’s online planning portal and searching for reference 26/00597/FUL.
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