# The Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) Order 1991, Article 4: Satellite antennae on or within the curtilage of a dwelling house


In Class H of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1988 Order (satellite antennae on or within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse)–
(a) for paragraph H.1 substitute–
“H.1 Development is not permitted by Class H if–
(a) the size of the antenna (excluding any projecting feed element, reinforcing rim, mountings and brackets) when measured in any dimension would exceed–
(i) 45 centimetres in the case of an antenna to be installed on a chimney;
(ii) 90 centimetres in the case of an antenna to be installed on or within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse on article 1(7) land other than on a chimney;
(iii) 70 centimetres in any other case;
(b) the highest part of an antenna to be installed on a roof or a chimney would, when installed, exceed in height–
(i) in the case of an antenna to be installed on a roof, the highest part of the roof;
(ii) in the case of an antenna to be installed on a chimney, the highest part of the chimney;
(c) there is any other satellite antenna on the dwellinghouse or within its curtilage;
(d) in the case of article 1(5) land, it would consist of the installation of an antenna–
(i) on a chimney;
(ii) on a building which exceeds 15 metres in height;
(iii) on a wall or roof slope which fronts a waterway in the Broads or a highway elsewhere.”;
(b) at the end of Class H insert–
“Conditions
H.2 Development is permitted by Class H subject to the following conditions–
(a) an antenna installed on a building shall, so far as practicable, be sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building;
(b) an antenna no longer needed for the reception or transmission of microwave radio energy shall be re moved as soon as reasonably practicable.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1536/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-amendment-order-1991/article-4
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