The National Home Energy Rating Scheme ( NHER ) is both a UK accreditation scheme for energy assessors and a rating scale for the energy efficiency of housing.
27-511: 52°01′59″N 0°46′48″W / 52.033°N 0.78°W / 52.033; -0.78 Loughton and Great Holm is a civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire , England . It includes the districts of Loughton , Great Holm, the National Bowl and Elfield Park, West Rooksley, Loughton Lodge, and Knowlhill. It is bordered by H4 Dansteed Way to the north, V4 Watling Street to
54-557: A general utility space. City of Milton Keynes The City of Milton Keynes is a borough with city status , in Buckinghamshire , England. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region . The borough abuts Bedfordshire , Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire. The borough is administered by Milton Keynes City Council , a unitary authority . The principal built-up area in
81-523: A small gated development of luxury apartments. This district is bordered by H4 Dansteed Way to the north, V4 Watling Street to the west, H5 Portway to the south and the A5 to the east. Knowlhill is primarily an employment area with a large parkland alongside the A5. Much of this area is a flood plain of the Shenley Brook , and contains the "Teardrop Lakes" — small balancing lakes. In the late 1980s, Knowlhill
108-413: Is a cluster of several sixteenth century buildings (Manor Farm, Manor Farm Cottages and Cell Farm) which constitute the remains of the original parish of Little Loughton. Today Loughton is a mainly residential area but is also home to a large Equestrian Centre, in the grounds of which the medieval field pattern and fish pond can still be seen. The district is bounded by the A5 to the east, H5 Portway to
135-490: Is open to the public but provides supported employment for people with learning disabilities. Loughton Lodge is a small area of Great Holm next to Loughton 'grid square' linked to Loughton by an underpass under which runs the old Bradwell Road and separated from the bulk of Great Holm by Lodge Lake (a balancing lake ). Loughton Lodge is home to the National Badminton Centre , health club, Girl Guides site and
162-575: Is similar to the England average." The City of Milton Keynes is fully parished . These are the parishes, and the districts they contain, that are now elements of the Milton Keynes built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics . Bletchley, Central Milton Keynes, Fenny Stratford, Newport Pagnell, Stony Stratford, Woburn Sands and Wolverton are towns. The rural area accounts for about 80% of
189-421: Is the academic partner in project with Milton Keynes City Council to establish a new university, code-named "MK:U", on a reserved site in the city centre. As of January 2022 , the project is stalled pending assurance of government funding. At the 2021 census, the population of the borough was 287,060. This was an increase of 15.3% from the 2011 census, when the population of the borough was 248,821. By 2050,
216-463: The Local Government Act 1972 , covering the whole area of four former districts and part of a fifth, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named Milton Keynes (after its largest settlement). The district was given borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor . As established in 1974, the borough of Milton Keynes
243-660: The Zero Carbon Hub , United Sustainable Energy Agency and the National Home Energy Rating Scheme. The area also contains the head office of the National House Building Council (NHBC) and a testing laboratory set up by the Consumers' Association but subsequently owned by Intertek , as well as lawyers, graphic design companies and warehousing. This district is bordered by H6 Childs Way to
270-466: The A5 to Milton Keynes Central railway station . The original village has now been incorporated into the modern 'grid square' of Loughton. However much of the character of the old village remains; to the north-east of Bradwell Road the area bounded by School Lane and Church Lane contains the Church and remnants of the original parish of Great Loughton. To the south-west of Bradwell Road, around The Green there
297-757: The Borough (1982–2021). National Home Energy Rating The NHER was owned and operated by National Energy Services (NES). Until 2011, NES was a trading subsidiary of the National Energy Foundation , an independent charity set up in 1988 to promote energy conservation and renewable energy, which launched the NHER scheme in 1991. In September 2016, NES transferred ownership of the NHER Scheme to Elmhurst Energy another independent accreditation scheme. The NHER runs an accreditation scheme for energy assessors to produce
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#1732873362957324-595: The City Council projects that the borough's population will reach 410,000. At the 2021 census, of residents aged 16 and over, 15.8% had no qualifications, 10.9% had a level 1 qualification, 14.2% had level 2, 4.7% were in apprenticeship, 15.7% had level 3, 35.8% had level 4 and 2.9% had other qualifications. In the 2021 census, almost 71.8% of the population described their ethnic origin as white, 12.3% as Asian, 9.7% as black, 4% as mixed, and 2% as another ethnic group. The following table shows
351-524: The borough by area and about 10% by population. Olney is a town. These are the extra-urban civil parishes: As of December 2023 , the borough has 28 designated Neighbourhood Areas, of which 22 have made/adopted Neighbourhood Development Plans approved by the City Council, spanning both urban and rural parishes. The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City (from 2022) or Freedom of
378-674: The borough is provided by Milton Keynes College . For higher education , the Open University 's headquarters are in Milton Keynes ;– though, as this is a distance education institution, the only students resident on campus are approximately 200 full-time postgraduates. A campus of the University of Bedfordshire located in Central Milton Keynes, provides conventional undergraduate courses. Cranfield University
405-471: The borough is the Milton Keynes urban area , which accounts for about 20% of its area and 90% of its population. The borough also includes many rural areas surrounding the Milton Keynes urban area (especially to the north), containing several villages and the town of Olney . At the 2021 census, the population of the unitary authority area was just over 287,000. The district was created on 1 April 1974 under
432-508: The following: The NHER scale for new build dwellings runs from 0 to 20, with 20 being best. It uses different criteria than the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) rating. The NHER rating takes into account the local environment and the effect it has on the building's energy rating. The NHER calculates the costs of space and water heating, but adds cooking, lights and appliances to give a comprehensive picture of energy usage in
459-465: The majority party, having previously been part of a joint Labour- Lib-Dem run administration. The borough is fully parished, with over 50 parishes . According to data from the Office for National Statistics for 2017, the borough was the highest performing NUTS3 region in the UK outside inner London (which takes the first five places), on the basis of gross value added per head. Further education in
486-424: The neighbouring park land can accept flooding without undue property damage. The National Bowl and its associated land is almost triangular, bordered by H7 Chaffron Way to the north, V4 Watling Street to the west, a tiny stretch of H8 Standing Way to the south, and the A5 to the east. The adjacent Elfield Park is a narrow strip of land between the A5 and the railway line, in part a nature studies reserve and in part
513-487: The north, V4 Watling Street to the west and H6 Childs Way to the south. Great Holm is primarily a residential district and contains a high point overlooking much of the central area of Milton Keynes. The MacIntyre Charity which provides support for people with learning disabilities has a care home in Great Holm and a large centre providing a variety of day time activities. They also run a popular coffee shop and bakery which
540-671: The north, V4 Watling Street to the west, H7 Chaffron Way to the south and the A5 to the east. The linear park through the district is an important local leisure amenity for most of the year but its technical purpose is to provide flood control for the Loughton Brook, a tributary of the River Ouzel (itself a tributary of the River Great Ouse ). Flooding is controlled by a cascade of tear-drop shaped balancing lakes , though in extreme conditions
567-421: The purposes of lieutenancy . On 15 August 2022, letters patent were issued giving the borough the status of a city , allowing the council to change its name to Milton Keynes City Council . Arising from the local government elections of May 2024, the borough is governed by a Labour administration. The Liberal Democrat party is the main opposition group. In the 2024 Labour gained 4 seats to become
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#1732873362957594-468: The religion of respondents in recent censuses in the city of Milton Keynes. Household tenure breaks down to 60.8% of dwellings owner-occupied, 21% of homes privately rented and 18% are socially rented. Due to the borough's fast-growing population, the City Council plans for a minimum of 26,500 dwellings across the borough over the period between 2016 and 2031, with development primarily focused on city estates , expansion areas and strategic land locations in
621-469: The rest of the area was unsuccessfully marketed as a single large-scale development opportunity, intended to fund a National Energy Centre through development gain. Although this plan failed, the area retains a strong link with sustainable energy and hosts the main offices for the National Energy Foundation (which occupies a low energy building on the intended site of the National Energy Centre),
648-472: The south and east of Milton Keynes, Campbell Park (in CMK) and the three "Key Settlements" outside of the 1967 "designated development area" of Milton Keynes: Newport Pagnell, Woburn Sands and Olney. According to Public Health England , "The health of people in Milton Keynes is generally similar to the England average. About 15.1% (8,680) children live in low income families. Life expectancy for both men and women
675-472: The west, a tiny stretch of H8 Standing Way to the south, and the West Coast Main Line to the east. Originally named Loughton, it was renamed to Loughton and Great Holm in 2013 Loughton / ˈ l aʊ t ən / is an ancient village and modern district. The village spreads between Watling Street and the modern A5 road . It is just to the west of Central Milton Keynes , with pedestrian access over
702-507: Was designated by Milton Keynes Development Corporation as being the industrial part of the "Energy Park" – with the residential part across Watling Street (in Shenley Lodge ), home to the 1986 Energy World exhibition. All buildings were expected to meet higher standards of energy efficiency than were normal at the time, and five exemplar offices were built before 1990 including the then headquarters of Royal Mail Parcelforce . In 1990
729-408: Was one of five non-metropolitan districts of Buckinghamshire , with Buckinghamshire County Council providing county-level services to the area. On 1 April 1997, Milton Keynes became a self-governing unitary authority by being redefined as its own non-metropolitan county , independent from Buckinghamshire County Council. Milton Keynes remains part of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire for
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