The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022

Regulation 14(3)(a)

SCHEDULE 2 Information required for grant application

1.  This Schedule specifies the information that must be provided in support of a grant application.

2.  The information is—

(a) the installer’s name, any trading or other name by which the installer is commonly known, and registered office (where applicable) or principal place of activity, and company registration number (where applicable),

(b) the installer’s certification number in relation to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme, or an equivalent scheme, under which they are certified,

(c) the name of the consumer code of which the installer is a member, and their membership number in relation to that consumer code,

(d) where the grant application is made on behalf of the installer by an individual, information to enable the Authority to satisfy itself—

(i) as to the identity of that individual, and

(ii) that the individual has authority from the installer to make the grant application,

(e) details of a bank account in the installer’s name which accepts pound sterling deposits in the United Kingdom,

(f) details of the property, including—

(i) the address,

(ii) whether it was, or will be, first occupied before the date on which the eligible plant was, or is to be, commissioned,

(iii) in the case of a grant application relating to the installation of a biomass boiler, whether it is—

(aa) in an urban area

(bb) fuelled by mains gas, or

(cc) falls within regulation 5(1)(d) and meets the requirements in regulation 7 (new-build properties),

(iv) whether—

(aa) it is an eligible property, or

(bb) regulation 14(1)(b) applies (property not eligible at the time of the grant application),

(g) where regulation 6(1)(c) applies—

(i) evidence from—

(aa) the local planning authority,

(bb) the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England,

(cc) Cadw(1),

(dd) Natural England, or

(ee) the Natural Resources Body for Wales, or

(ii) a report from a chartered ecologist or a chartered surveyor,

confirming that loft insulation or cavity wall insulation or both (as the case may be) cannot be installed in the eligible property for a reason set out in regulation 6(2),

(h) details of the original heating system in relation to the property (where applicable),

(i) details of the eligible plant to be installed in the property, including whether it is an air source heat pump, a ground source heat pump, or a biomass boiler,

(j) where the property falls within regulation 5(1)(c) (property first occupied or used before the date on which the plant is commissioned), the unique reference number for the valid energy performance certificate for the property,

(k) details of the quote provided by the installer to the owner of the property for the installation of the eligible plant,

(l) the name, address, email address (if available), and telephone number of the owner of the property, and

(m) such other information, or declarations from the installer, as the Authority may require to enable it to determine the grant application.

(1)

The executive agency responsible for administering the exercise of functions vested in the Sened Cymru relating to the historic environment.