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Paragraph 6H F1F2

(1)

The installation, alteration or replacement of an air source heat pump on a dwelling or within the curtilage of a dwelling.

(2)

Development is not permitted by this class—

(a)

if it would result in the presence on the same building or within the curtilage of a building of more than one air source heat pump;

(b)

in the case of an installation, alteration or replacement of an air source heat pump on a dwelling if—

(i)

any part of the development would protrude more than 1 metre from the outer surface of an external wall, roof plane, roof ridge or chimney of the dwelling; or

(ii)

the air source heat pump would be within a conservation area, unless the air source heat pump would be—

(aa)

at ground floor level; and

(bb)

on the rear elevation;

(c)

in the case of the installation, alteration or replacement of an air source heat pump within the curtilage of a building if—

(i)

any part of the development would be forward of a wall forming part of the principal elevation or side elevation where that elevation fronts a road; or

(ii)

any resulting structure would exceed 3 metres in height; or

(d)

F3if the air source heat pump would be within—

(i)

a World Heritage Site; or

(ii)

the curtilage of a listed building.

(3)

Development is permitted by this class subject to the following conditions—

(a)

the air source heat pump must be used only for the purpose of providing domestic heating or hot water;

(b)

where the air source heat pump is no longer needed for, or capable of, providing domestic heating or hot water it must be removed as soon as reasonably practicable;

(c)

the air source heat pump must comply with MCS Planning Standards F4for air source heat pumps or equivalent standards.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 Pt. 1A inserted (12.3.2009) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Domestic Microgeneration) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/34), arts. 1, 2(2), sch.

F2

Sch. 1 Pt. 1A Class 6H substituted (24.3.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/126), arts. 1, 3(2) (with art. 2)

F3

Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1A Class 6H(2)(d) substituted (31.7.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/189), arts. 1, 6(c) (with art. 2)

F4

Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1A Class 6H(3)(c) inserted (24.5.2024) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/102), arts. 1, 6(d)(i) (with art. 2)

F5

Sch. 1 Pt. 1A Class 6H(4) omitted (24.5.2024) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/102), arts. 1, 6(d)(ii) (with art. 2)