Planning permission for satellite dish

[barb1314]

I live in a row of 4 very old listed cottages which are also in a Conservation Area. Can anyone categorically tell me if you need planning permission for a Sky satellite dish. My new neighbour has had one put slap bang on the front of his rented cottage on a massive bracket which protrudes from the outside wall. It looks terrible and I wondered whether anything can be done? Thanks anyone who can help.

[bednobs]

your local council panning department will be able to tell youcategorically

[The Builder]

The usual rule, Barb, is that you don't need PP in a Conservation Area as long as certain conditions are met. One condition is that it must NOT face a road.
I work mostly in Cons. Areas, and I've seen quite a few asked to move them out of site.

check this out .........

http://www.planningpo...highindesignatedareas

[barb1314]

Hi Builder,many thanks. It does face the road. I actually asked the engineer if he could put it out of site (I'm pretty chilled normally but our houses are lovely and this thing looks really bad) and he looked at me like I was mad. Bednobs,I will ring the council but they are closed at 5pm.Thanks anyway :) I knew someone knowledgeable here would know!

[heathfield]

Best to get the definitive word from your local council. Ours has leaflets giving advice. Planning rules differ slightly depending on where you are in the UK. Compare Builder's link with this one...

http://www.angus.gov....ol/advice_note_12.pdf

[ChuckFickens]

I agree totally with the builder on this. I also live in a listed building in a conservation area and can't put a dish on my house facing the road but I could put one on the house facing the rear (not a lot of help to me though!)

http://www.direct.gov...ermission/DG_10026179

[barb1314]

I've had a detailed look on my local council planning site and it says 'satellite dishes in conservation areas on front walls,chimneys and front roof slopes require planning permission' Sounds pretty specific to me so I'll give them a ring tomorrow. I'm sure Sky can reposition it somewhere. What's weird is the previous tenant had Virgin connected as do the rest of us. Thanks for all your help and links.

[heathfield]

You know those billboards you see in the countryside that are mounted on old farm trailers? Since they're theorectically mobile, they avoid having to get planning permission for erecting a permanent sign. Fix wheels to your dish, and place it in the front garden. That way it's neither 'mounted on' or 'attached to' your property!! :-)

[ChuckFickens]

Heathfield, just putting on a pole in the garden will normally do as the regulations don't cover that.. (If I had a front garden I would have done that myself, several people in my village have though)

[heathfield]

Hi Chuck...I would guess the expression 'Mounted on the property', used by some councils, would be defined by their own interpretation of the phrase, and this might include a pole in the garden. But it's nice to know that others are getting round the red tape

[bushbaby_de]

heathfield - remember Scotland has differnet rules to England, hence the difference between your link and the earlier one.

barb - in a conservation area the dish cannot be places on a wall, roof slope or chimney that faces onto and is visible from a highway.

You also mention that your building is listed - even if planning permission is not required, listed building consent definitely is.

Oh, and to those who said to put it on a pole in a garden - this would then also fall under the outbuildings section of the permitted development rights, so not necessarily a way round the rules!