Well, there never used to be a m2 limit. Just the usual heights/distance to boundaries and proportion of total area of curtilage. The 9m2 is news to meFueltheburn wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 12:37 pm I have just read an article about the relaxation of some planning permission laws in Scotland.
The most interesting of these to me is that the maximum square metre for a ground mount system without requiring planning permission has been upped from 9 m2 to 12 m2.
Ground mounts (not on a building) come under 3b. There was never an area limit for domestic in Scotland. Unless I am missing something. Spent ages reading this document when I did mine.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/circu ... 4/#class3b
Unless they mean free-standing to be balancing the panels on their side"4.69 PDR under Class 3B allow for the carrying out of works within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse not covered by other classes. It is intended to cover garden works, free-standing solar panels, flag poles, swimming pools and oil tanks. In summary, the effect of limitations is that:
the development is generally located in the rear.
the height of the resulting structure is not higher than 3 metres.
at least half the relevant (front or rear) curtilage remains undeveloped – see paragraphs 3.22 to 3.25."
