# The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Domestic Microgeneration) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (“the 1992 Order”). Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order specifies classes of development to which permitted development rights apply. Where such rights apply, an application for planning permission is not needed. This Order extends permitted development rights to free standing wind turbines and air source heat pumps.
Article 2(2) amends Part 1A to Schedule 1 of the 1992 Order. It provides permitted development rights for the installation of free standing wind turbines and air source heat pumps on or within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse and building containing flats, subject to certain limitations and conditions.
A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to this Order and can be obtained free of charge from the Scottish Government Planning Directorate, Area 2H, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/27/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-domestic-microgeneration-scotland-amendment-order-2010/note
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