Paragraph A.1 Development not permittedF1F2
Development is not permitted by Class A if—
in the case of solar PV or solar thermal equipment installed on a wall or pitched roof—
the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would protrude more than 20 centimetres beyond the plane of the wall or the roof slope when measured from the perpendicular with the external surface of the wall or roof slope; or
it would result in the highest part of the solar PV or solar thermal equipment being higher than the highest part of the roof (excluding any chimney);
in the case of solar PV or solar thermal equipment installed on a flat roof—
the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be sited within 1 metre of the external edge of the roof; or
the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would protrude more than 1 metre above the plane of the roof;
in the case of land within a conservation area or a World Heritage Site, the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed—
on a wall forming the principal or side elevation of the dwellinghouse and which fronts a highway; or
on a wall of a building within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse and which fronts a highway;
the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a building within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse if the dwellinghouse is a listed building; or
the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a site designated as a scheduled monument.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Order revoked (E.) (15.4.2015) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/596), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with arts. 1(2), 8(2)(3))
- F2
Sch. 2 Pt. 40 substituted (W.) (18.6.2012) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1346), arts. 1(1), 2(3)