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Microwave antenna on a dwellinghouse

Microwave antenna on a dwellinghouse

Permitted Development

The installation, alteration or replacement of a microwave antenna on a dwellinghouse or within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.

Development Not Permitted

Development is not permitted by Class H ifโ€”

  • (a)permission to use the dwellinghouse as a dwellinghouse has been granted only by virtue of Class G, M, MA, N, P , PA or Q of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use);
  • (b)it would result in the presence on the dwellinghouse or within its curtilage ofโ€”
    • (i)more than 2 antennas;
    • (ii)a single antenna exceeding 1 metre in length;
    • (iii)2 antennas which do not meet the relevant size criteria;
    • (iv)an antenna installed on a chimney, where the length of the antenna would exceed 0.6 metres;
    • (v)an antenna installed on a chimney, where the antenna would protrude above the chimney; or
    • (vi)an antenna with a cubic capacity in excess of 35 litres;
  • (c)in the case of an antenna to be installed on a roof without a chimney, the highest part of the antenna would be higher than the highest part of the roof;
  • (d)in the case of an antenna to be installed on a roof with a chimney, the highest part of the antenna would be higher than the highest part of the chimney, or 0.6 metres measured from the highest part of the ridge tiles of the roof, whichever is the lower; ...
  • (e)in the case of article 2(3) land, it would consist of the installation of an antennaโ€”
    • (i)on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a highway;
    • (ii)in the Broads, on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a waterway; or
    • (iii)on a building which exceeds 15 metres in height ; or
  • (f)the dwellinghouse is built under Part 20 of this Schedule (construction of new dwellinghouses).

Conditions

Development is permitted by Class H subject to the following conditionsโ€”

  • (a)an antenna installed on a building must, so far as practicable, be sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building; and
  • (b)an antenna no longer needed for reception or transmission purposes is removed as soon as reasonably practicable.

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James Regan

Joe Millson

MRICS