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Paragraph Class 6HA F1F2

(1)

The installation, alteration or replacement of solar PV or solar thermal equipment on a dwelling.

(2)

Development is not permitted by this class if—

(a)

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

(b)

the dwelling is situated in a conservation area and the solar PV or solar thermal equipment would be located on—

(i)

the principal elevation, or

(ii)

a side elevation where that elevation fronts a road,

(c)

the dwelling is —

(i)

a listed building or is within the curtilage of a listed building,

(ii)

within a World Heritage Site.

(3)

Development is permitted by this class subject to the condition that solar PV or solar thermal equipment which is no longer needed for, or capable of, the generation of electricity or the production of heat, as the case may be, must be removed as soon as reasonably practicable.

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 Classes 6HA-6HC 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(e) (with art. 2)