Buildings: Solar Power

(asked on 23rd September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to allow installation of solar panels as a permitted development right in (a) domestic property, and (b) business premise where physically practical.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
This question was answered on 12th October 2022

To support the generation of renewable energy there are a range of permitted development rights that allow for the installation of microgeneration equipment, including rooftop solar panels on domestic and non-domestic properties, without having to make a planning application.

We will keep the existing permitted development rights for solar equipment under regular review.

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