Current rules that require businesses to apply for planning permission if solar panels will generate more than one megawatt of electricity will also be scrapped, meaning organisations will be able to install more solar panels on rooftops without the delay and cost of applying for planning permission.
Changes to permitted development rights rules will mean more homeowners and businesses will be able to install solar panels on their roofs without going through the planning system. Currently those who have to go through the planning system are having to wait over eight weeks and face extra costs.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are expected to be part of a default package to meet forthcoming rules on the energy efficiency of homes and buildings in England, according to Government plans.
This, in part, will be achieved by replacing current technologies with low-carbon alternatives such as heat pumps and solar panels. When the FHS was proposed, the then-Conservative government chose not to mandate the installation of solar panels on newbuild homes, but the signatories want to see this changed.
Homeowners will be able to install rooftop solar panels more easily without costly planning delays. This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government Homes and businesses will be able to install rooftop solar panels more easily, under new rules announced today.
Almost two decades after the Zero Carbon Homes policy was put forward and eight years after it was scrapped, the Government again runs the risk of a massive own goal. Solar Energy UK will press vigorously for solar to be applied to newbuild housing – cutting bills, saving carbon and helping us all move towards net zero,” he added.