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Scots make renewable energy easier
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 23rd February 2009 at 11:06 am
The Scottish Government has made it easier for people to get renewable energy for their home following a consultation on planning reform. The aim of the consultation was to increase renewable energy generation and cut carbon emissions. The result is that anyone living in Scotland will be able to ins…
Posted in: General, Biomass, Heat pumps, Solar electricity, Solar heat & hot water
Overcoming obstacles to microgeneration part 3: planning
Posted by on 11th June 2010 at 9:32 am
Planning permission for renewable energy and microgeneration brings up such a wide range of issues that we're worried you might fall asleep at your computer if we covered them all. So, in this blog, we focus on: The process of planning application and approval Planning directives The pr…
Posted in: General
Are council planning departments making it difficult to install solar panels?
Posted by Robert Palgrave on 18th August 2010 at 9:27 am
Installing solar PV panels should be easier for home-owners since a planning appeal confirmed what is allowed under permitted development. Planning departments at some councils in England seem to want to make it difficult for householders to install photovoltaic solar panels. But as a result …
Posted in: Solar electricity, Solar heat & hot water
Is your council blocking your solar PV installation?
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 12th May 2011 at 11:05 am
A new campaign is calling for local councils to stop making it difficult for householders to install renewable energy. Government policy says that in most cases domestic renewable energy installations are permitted development. Yet this isn't stopping councils like Eden Valley in Cumbria from ma…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity
Solar PV, conservation area and planning permission: a case study
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 26th September 2011 at 8:28 am
Steve Plater's, story has a happy ending, but it perfectly illustrates that despite being a "permitted development" the path of a solar pv panel installation doesn't always run smoothly: Our house is metres inside a conservation area (CA) boundary, only because it is built on land which used to …
Posted in: Solar electricity
Government bottles permitted development rights for small wind
Posted by David Hunt on 7th October 2011 at 3:38 am
Once again the government has shown its weakness when it comes to decisions on planning permission and the green agenda and particularly when it comes to small wind turbines. To give credit where it is due, the recent addition of permitted development (PD) rights for the installation of d…
Posted in: Wind turbines
Changes to permitted development for microgeneration in the UK
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 30th November 2011 at 9:33 am
The following changes to permitted development regulations for England came into effect on 1 December 2011. The main changes are to that wind turbines and air source heat pumps have become permitted development (with significant caveats). See below for the complete wording. Click the following link …
Posted in: Heat pumps, Wind turbines
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