heat pump UK planning permission
- UK requirements to avoid the need for planning permission:
- The relevant legislation is Part 14 G of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
(use the /previous/next paragraph buttons). - summary:
- It must comply with MCS planning standards - see Noise and neighbours.
- Only one air source heat pump for the property. A block of flats usually counts as one property.
- Must be more than 1 m from property boundaries.
- Must be more than 1 m from the edge of a flat roof. Not on a pitched roof.
- terraced homeowners may need planning permission for heat pumps (because of the 1 m rule)
- The relevant legislation is Part 14 G of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015