Author: Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder Digital Signet. Reviewed against DfE Sustainability Strategy (Mar 2025) and Education Estates Strategy (Feb 2026). Verified 22 June 2026.
State-funded schools, FE colleges and academy trusts can apply for LCSF grants to procure a Heat Decarbonisation Plan (HDP). The HDP is the feeder document for a PSDS Phase 4 application.
State-funded schools, FE colleges and academy trusts can apply for LCSF grants to procure a Heat Decarbonisation Plan (HDP). The HDP is the feeder document for a PSDS Phase 4 application.
LCSF grants commonly cover £20k to £100k of HDP consultancy per school, scaling for multi-school MAT bids. The grant pays the consultant; the school does not pay up front.
The HDP must document baseline energy use, fabric and plant condition, measure options with CAPEX and payback, and a decarbonisation pathway to 2050. Salix expects these elements in any PSDS Phase 4 bid.
Energy baseline by fuel; building survey; measure cost matrix; option-appraisal with sequencing; carbon and cost trajectory; deliverability plan.