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DC Casebook: Householder development - Solar panels rejected in conservation area

Householder development

Planning, 22 August 2008

The installation of solar panels on a house roof in East Sussex has been found unacceptable following a ruling that they would conflict with the quality of a town conservation area.

The appellant promised that the panels, which had a combined area of more than 5m2, would be colour-matched to the roof. But the inspector noted that the roof showed considerable...

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