Permitted development is excluded for stand alone solar if:
- the property is in a conservation area or the property is a World Heritage Site
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and the system is visible from a highway
An AONB may also be conservation area - or it may not be. Check with the council. If it is not a conservation area then you should be OK without planning permission subject to meeting all the other conditions.
Other conditions that are required to be complied with for permitted development are:
- panels cannot exceed 9 square metres (a 10kW system is going to exceed this)
- panels cannot exceed 4 metres high
- panels must be more than 5 metres from a boundary
Permitted development never applies to a listed property and there may be some instances where the normal permitted development rights may have been withdrawn.
There is sometimes confusion as to whether permitted development rights are applicable in AONBs as some conditions use the phrase 'article 1(5) land' which is defined as:
Land within—
(a)a National Park;
(b)an area of outstanding natural beauty;
(c)an area designated as a conservation area under section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990(27)(designation of conservation areas);
(d)an area specified by the Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the purposes of section 41(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(28) (enhancement and protection of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside);
(e)the Broads.
So this does include AONBs - but 'article 1(5) land' is not the wording used in respect of the conditions that apply to microgeneration.
and have a 10KW ground mount in the pipeline. But it is in an AONB and therefore needs planning permission, its in Rother Council does anyone have any experience with this council or just any advice short of bungs and bribery. Cheers.:devilish:
