satellite dishes

[flipnflap]

i just got contacted by my local council saying that someone has complained because i have two satellite dishes and one tv aerial on my property. They won't tell me who complained - my first question is: do i have any right to be told or how can i find out? They say, just because of this meddling individual, I must remove one of the three items or apply for planning permission for one, which must include block plans and site plans and a fee of £150 and there's no guarantee it'll be agreed. Second question: is this right? I explained I've had 2 dishes and an aerial up for all 11 years i've lived here, though i have had one dish replaced when I subscribed to Sky HD two years ago - that, they say, is the problem. How petty are these people????

[ChuckFickens]

Can't help with the question as such...

But why do you need two dishes? if they are pointed at the same satalitte you can just ad a quad (or more) LNB to the dish and run several boxes from one dish.

[old-wos-is-name]

.planning permission required for more than one dish. if they are both sky, fit a dual lnb and run two cables from the one dish

[chirpychirpy]

one is for Sky, one is for foreign channels

[Old_Geezer]

Can you not replace with a motorised one that will move and point to the satellite of interest at the time ? Or do they need planning permission too ?

[chirpychirpy]

sorry, was in the middle of writing my answer when I accidentally sent it. I also have an arial and two dishes: one is for Sky, one is for foreign channels, and no-one's ever told me to take any of them down. Maybe it depends where you live.

[daffy654]

Can you just take the dish that isn't in use down?

[Twenty20]

Take one of them down? Seems the easiest option.

[joko]

could you perhaps move one to the back of the house, of of view?

my boyfriends house has two but the house is in separate flats so probably allowed

[hc4361]

No, you have no right to know who complained. It could be a council employee that noticed.
You've broke the rules, got away with it for 11 years, time to accept that you have no choice but to take one down or apply for PP.

[Buenchico]

For a building under 15m in height you're permitted a maximum of two antennas (which includes conventional TV aerials, radio aerials and satellite dishes) on your property, subject to certain limitations upon their size. Thereafter you require planning permission.
http://www.planningpo...mmonprojects/antenna/

(It would be interesting to see what would happen if anyone tries to enforce the covenants on the houses on the estate where I live. All external antennas are prohibited which means that, since nobody can get a signal with an indoor aerial and there's no cable service, nobody is allowed any means to access any TV signals).

Chris

[jomifl]

Get a motor to point the dish at whichever satellite you want to watch. they don't cost more than about £75 and once set up automatically go to the correct satellite when you change channel. They are powered from the decoder (Diseq 1.2) and supplied via the coax cable.

[hc4361]

Buenchico, it would be for the builder to enforce that covenant. As all the houses are long sold I don't suppose he'd give two hoots.

[grffindoor2011]

I would be one of the 'meddling' individuals that flipnflap moans about.

I have reported people in the past and will do so in the future be it benefit fraud, incorrect car tax. Also those that flout the law by not getting proper planning permission and think that because they have got away with it for 11 years that the crime becomes null and void.

People like this need to be toed into line.

[bushbaby_de]

Anyone who reports a breach of planning control is guaranteed anonymity unless the case goes to court and they agree to give a statement, at which point their identity obviously has to be divulged. Otherwise you have no right to know. If you can prove you have had all the dishes up without permission for that length of time you could apply for a certificate of lawfulness, but it would be the same price as the planning application. Please be aware that you can be taken to court and fined over breaches of planning control so it would be cheaper to either take a dish down or see if you can get planning permission for it. Ask your Council if they do free pre-application advice so you can find out if the location of the dish is acceptable before you fork out for the planning application.