A couple won approval from members of Underskiddaw Parish Council to build what they described as a replacement “passive house’’ where they currently live at High Gale, Applethwaite, Keswick.
The Lamberts addressed the council and outlined their plans, submitted to the Lake District National Park Authority, to reduce their carbon impact and live sustainably.
They explained that their current home is hard to heat and that the passive house would be sustainable with all energy provided via green electricity.
It would be insulated and air tight and would utilise a heat recovery system, solar power and would have batteries for the storage of excess energy.
The roof would be made of Cumbrian slate and other local materials would be used with the wood being supplied by a local timber company.
They said the build process would be minimally disruptive to residents and all the waste materials from the existing building would be recycled as much as possible.
Asked what would happen to the waste materials from the existing building, they said it was hoped to reuse the slate off the existing roof and the stone would also be recycled as much as possible.
Any rubble created will be utilised to form a terraced garden.
Parish councillors raised no issues to the proposal due to the site’s secluded nature.
