Plans to potentially put solar panels on the roof of the Vale Douzaine rooms have been put on hold for five years.
Instead the parish will look at ways of better insulating the building to try and keep its future costs under control while keeping people warm.
The solar panels idea was originally put forward earlier this year by a resident of the parish after St Martin’s installed solar panels on its own Douzaine room’s roof.
The Vale Douzaine got quotes but found it would cost £60,000 to install solar panels on its own roof, with a 30-year warranty, with an additional £9,000 needed for a 10-year battery.
At its recent parish meeting, the Douzaine and members of the public discussed installing the new system in intervals but the cost was still considered to be prohibitive.
In light of the current costs involved, it was decided that the Douzaine would look at the issue again in five years’ time.
The parish will seek quotes for installing energy-saving insulation in the meantime, it said.