As this has been dragged back up I will give an update..
Pod point eventually agreed to fit an SPD, I provided a 40A mcb in consumer unit, to a small 4way consumer unit with a double pole 32A RCBO with an SPD next to it, during install I was present and had to point out that the electrician had wired the SPD the wrong way round, I needed to then provide him with 6mm WAGO connectors as he cut the cables to short..
All good, but then no certificate, I chased and was sent the EIC, when I asked for the building regs certificate they said they would resend it, nothing came so I chased again and was told nothing to do with them and I needed to go to my local authority... I contacted NICEIC who were really good and checked, they had raised two building regs certificates so they deleted one and sent me a copy of the other...
Several months on I contact WPD to ask if they have sent paperwork for unlooping, nothing sent, I chase and ask them to send, after months of checking with WPD last month I finally got annoyed escalated it to pod point and they admitted they had not sent it as some MPAN number was wrong, I guess they were just going to do nothing with this even though they had a duty to inform WPD of the looped supply... Eventually that was sorted and I got a call from WPD within a week and they are going to extend the cable in the street and dig up my garden to run a new 3 phase supply to just outside the front door where they hope to intercept the loop cable, splicing the new cable on to that and terminating the other end coming from the neighbour so they dont need to be disturbed..
As for SPD's, well I went to many seminars and got told from the horses mouth by the guy involved in writing the regs from the IET, if you install a new circuit you must fit an SPD unless customer refuses, they cannot refuse on certain circuits... Move on to my NAPIT assessment and I get told an SPD is only needed if you change a consumer unit, if you are adding a new circuit to an existing consumer unit then its not needed, this was completely contradictory to what NAPIT confirmed with me when dealing with the EV charger..
So it seems like the powers that be can't decide, from a personal note with everyone doing their own electrics or getting dodgy electricians coming in I am putting electrical work on the back burner and going back into IT as a contractor for a bit as the work has dried up well unless you want to sign off some DIY'rs bodge job, I want to do a decent job but nobody wants to pay for it or appreciate it, I think ill still keep my insurance but will be dropping NAPIT as the cost just keeps going up and I don't get enough work that requires certification to warrant keeping it especially as ill mainly be doing IT contracting.. I guess the cost of living is hitting everyone so house building has stopped, nobody is getting extensions etc..