The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

Class H – installation or alteration etc of wind turbine on domestic premises E+W

Permitted Development E+W

H.  The installation, alteration or replacement of a microgeneration wind turbine on—

(a) a detached dwellinghouse; or

(b) a detached building situated within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse or a block of flats.

Development not permitted E+W

H.1  Development is not permitted by Class H unless the wind turbine complies with the MCS Planning Standards or equivalent standards.

H.2  Development is not permitted by Class H if— E+W

(a) in the case of the installation of a wind turbine the development would result in the presence of more than 1 wind turbine on the same building or within the curtilage;

(b) in the case of the installation of a wind turbine, a stand-alone wind turbine is installed within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse or the block of flats;

(c) in the case of the installation of a wind turbine, an air source heat pump is installed on the same building or within its curtilage;

(d) the highest part of the wind turbine (including blades) would either—

(i) protrude more than 3 metres above the highest part of the roof (excluding the chimney); or

(ii) exceed more than 15 metres in height,

whichever is the lesser;

(e) the distance between ground level and the lowest part of any blade of the wind turbine would be less than 5 metres;

(f) any part of the wind turbine (including blades) would be positioned so that it would be within 5 metres of any boundary of the curtilage of the dwellinghouse or the block of flats;

(g) the swept area of any blade of the wind turbine would exceed 3.8 square metres;

(h) the wind turbine would be installed on safeguarded land;

(i) the wind turbine would be installed on a site designated as a scheduled monument;

(j) the wind turbine would be installed within the curtilage of a building which is a listed building;

(k) in the case of land within a conservation area, the wind turbine would be installed on a wall or roof slope of—

(i) the detached dwellinghouse; or

(ii) a building within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse or block of flats,

which fronts a highway; or

(l) the wind turbine would be installed on article 2(3) land other than land within a conservation area.

Conditions E+W

H.3  Development is permitted by Class H subject to the following conditions—

(a) the blades of the wind turbine is made of non-reflective materials;

(b) the wind turbine is, so far as practicable, sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building;

(c) the wind turbine is, so far as practicable, sited so as to minimise its effect on the amenity of the area; and

(d) the wind turbine is removed as soon as reasonably practicable when no longer needed.