What are the planning considerations for low carbon and renewable technologies?
Please see our Planning – Permitted Developments page for information on Permitted Development. What is an Office of Fair Trading Scheme? It is a Code of Practice that meets the guidelines set by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Consumer Code Approval. Signing up to a Code of Practice means you have agreed to offer your customers a high level of service and a method for handling complaints. A list of current codes can be found on the “MCS Installer Certification” pages of the MCSAccredited.com website. I’m signed up to the Competent Persons Scheme (CPS), do I still need MCS? Yes, the CPS enables you to sign-off installations compliant with building regulation only, which reduces the costs and risk to your clients. CPS at present are not certification to the EN45011 standard, which is the international standard, however, this may happen after the consultation on CPS is complete. MCS is certificated to the EN45011 standard, which demonstrates that all your practices and skills meet the M
