Connecting to the grid.
Planning permission for solar panels in conservation area.
Not installing stand alone solar panels in the area between your home and a road.
Getting your job done safely.
Planning permission is not required provided that.
No part of the panel exceeds the highest part of the roof.
Normally solar installations fall under permitted development however planning permission was required for street facing solar arrays in conservation areas.
Not attaching solar panels to walls facing a road.
Stand alone solar equipment panels not on a building but within the grounds of a house or a block of flats building regulations.
If your property is in a conservation area or in a world heritage site panels must not be fitted to a wall which fronts a highway.
You can install solar panels in a conservation area.
New planning guidelines are slightly more favourable for solar installations.
So if you ve got a south facing house in a conservation area you can pop panels on your roof providing certain limitations are met.
The system must not stand taller than 4m and must not exceed an area 9m.
The solar panels must be sited in a way that least impacts the appearance of the area and at least 5 meters from the edge of your property.
The panels must not be installed on a building that is within the grounds of a listed building or on a site designated as a scheduled monument.
If panels are to be fitted to a building in your garden or grounds they should not be visible from the highway.
However planning permission is still a requirement if there is an article 4 in the area.
Beyond that any additional units will require planning permission.
A highly controversial area of late but the latest is that if you re in a conservation area you won t need planning approval for a solar panel unless the solar panel is wall mounted i e.
The following guide produced by suffolk s local authorities to support homeowners in conservation areas wishing to install a roof mounted solar pv system for electricity generation.
Solar equipment mounted on a house or a block of flats or on a building within the curtilage.
Not on your roof on a wall facing the highway.
You can even do it without planning permission but you do need to follow a number of rules.
