Help us plan
the future
of East Bergholt
Sustainability Survey
Clare Cathcart: 01206 299225 Valerie Ayton: 01206 298692 Brian Matthews: 01206 299423
To fill in the survey online, please visit https://forms.office.com/r/GG8eqVZeNy
To fill in the survey on paper, please turn overleaf
If you need further information or help with the survey, please contact either
EAST BERGHOLT
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Respondent’s Details
1. Name
Central government has committed to a legally binding obligation to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions for the
UK by 2050. This target will cover all UK sources of carbon emissions, from transport to agriculture, and from
electricity generation to heavy industry. It is an enormous undertaking which will require action at all levels,
from national and regional to our local parish.
For East Bergholt, the areas where we have the most control, and can thus make the biggest impact, are through
changing how we heat and power our homes and how we travel.
In this context net zero would mean:
All electricity used in East Bergholt would come from zero carbon sources, whilst maximising local generation;
Fossil fuel based heating would be abolished (no more coal, gas or oil); and
All cars owned by East Bergholt residents would run on zero carbon fuels (most likely electric).
Aiming for Net Zero
6. Do you support East Bergholt setting itself a net zero target covering how we heat and
power our homes, and how we travel?
7. Should East Bergholt seek to achieve its net zero target by…
Vehicles
8. How many petrol cars does your household run?
Sustainability Survey
Yes No
Last November, the UK hosted the United Nations global meeting on climate change in Glasgow (COP26). This highlighted
the need to decarbonise the world economy rapidly if we are to avoid the worst impacts of climate change – a message
recently reinforced by the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Since COP26, we have
also seen the worst energy crisis for many decades, exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
These two factors provide a combined incentive for the UK to both become much more energy efficient, and to shift to zero
carbon energy and away from international energy suppliers.
East Bergholt Parish Council has therefore decided to make sustainability the framing concept of our Neighbourhood Plan
and we would like the village to set a goal to become net zero. Through this survey, we wish to gauge your level of support
for this objective and understand how you might practically contribute. In order to track our progress it’s important:
You can take part in the survey by scanning the QR code above. If you do not have access to the internet a paper copy will
be posted through your door.
ONE QUESTIONNAIRE PER HOUSEHOLD PLEASE
2. Address
3. Postcode
4. Tel. No.
5. Email
We know where we are today, i.e. to set our baseline;
We understand the main challenges we face;
We can identify where we can best help.
2035 2040 20502045
9. How many diesel cars does your household run?
10. How many plug-in hybrid cars does your household run?
11. How many fully electric cars does your household run?

Electricity

Please leave the completed surveys at one of these drop off points: East Bergholt Co-op; East End Butcher;
The Carriers Arms; The Hare and Hounds; The Royal Oak; Fountain House Tea Room.
All personal data herein are processed in accordance with UK Data Protection legislation, including UK GDPR. Data will be kept securely and
collated to be provided to the relevant local authorities for their own purposes.
12. Do you have a plug in charger for electric vehicles (EV) at home?
Yes No
13. Would you like to replace any of your petrol/diesel vehicles with fully electric over the
next five years?
Yes No
n/a
14. Do you only have on-street parking?
Yes No
15. Are there any further ideas, suggestions or comments you would like to add regarding
zero carbon vehicles?
Heating and Insulation
16. My primary heating source is:
Other
Gas
Oil
Wood
Coal
Electric Storage Radiators
Electric Storage Underfloor
Air Source Heat Pump
Ground Source Heat Pump
17. My secondary heating source is:
Other
Gas
Oil
Wood
Coal
Electric Storage Radiators
Electric Storage Underfloor
Air Source Heat Pump
Ground Source Heat Pump
N/A
18. How are the main exterior walls of your house constructed?
Insulated cavity wallSolid brick with internal insulation (dry lining)
Solid brick with external insultationUninsulated cavity wall
Uninsulated solid brickOther
19. How are the majority of floors in your house constructed?
Solid (usually a screed over a concrete sub-base)Suspended (usually timber)
20. Are the floors in your house insulated?
Yes No Don’t know
21. If applicable, would you be interested in replacing your fossil fuel (gas/oil/coal) heating
with a heat pump by 2030?
Yes No Maybe
22. Are there any further ideas, suggestions or comments you would like to make regarding
home heating and insulation?
23. Are you on a green (renewable) electricity tariff?
(You can check this on your energy bill)
Yes No
24. Do you have a battery storage system? (Applicable for grid OR solar energy)
Yes No
25. Would you be interested in installing battery storage?
Yes No
26. How many solar (photovoltaic – PV) panels do you have?
27. If you use solar PV panels, are they connected to an immersion heater for heating water?
Yes No
28. Would you be interested in installing solar PV panels on your roof or in your garden?
Yes No
29. Would you be interested in exploring an offer to access solar PV panels and battery
storage at no up-front cost?
Yes No
Maybe
Maybe
30. Are there any further ideas, suggestions or comments you would like to add regarding
electricity supply?