{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-order-1995/schedule-2/part-43n1/paragraph-A.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-order-1995/schedule-2/part-43n1/paragraph-A.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/418",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-order-1995",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/43n1/paragraph/A.1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "A.1",
  "heading": "Development not permitted",
  "text": "Development is not permitted by Class A if—\n(a) the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a wall or pitched roof and 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;\n(b) the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a flat roof and would protrude more than 1 metre above the plane of the roof;\n(c) the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a roof and within 1 metre of the external edge of the roof;\n(d) the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a wall and within 1 metre of a junction of that wall with another wall or with the roof of the building;\n(e) in the case of a building on article 1(5) land or on land within a World Heritage Site, the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a wall or roof slope which fronts a highway;\n(f) the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a building within the curtilage of a listed building; ...\n(g) the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a site designated as a scheduled monument; or\n(h) the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be installed on a building within three kilometres of the perimeter of an airport or aerodrome.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 43 inserted (W.) (5.10.2012) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2318), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 43 para. A.1(f) omitted (W.) (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/330), arts. 1(2), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 43 para. A.1(h) and word inserted (1.4.2019) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/330), arts. 1(2), 7(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/418/schedule/2/part/43n1/paragraph/A.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:15:58.850730+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}