Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 23 December 2024.
Shivani Raja
Conservative, Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to (a) prioritise a roofs first approach to solar panel installation to ensure efficient use of urban spaces and (b) incentivize homeowners and businesses to adopt rooftop solar technology.
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Changes have been introduced to permitted development rights, enabling more solar installations to benefit from the flexibilities and planning freedoms permitted development rights offer. This includes a new permitted development right that allows for the installation of solar canopies in non-domestic, off-street, car parks.
For non-domestic rooftop solar, the 1MW cap was removed so that there is no limit on the electricity generated by solar installations.
Our Warm Homes Plan will transform homes across the country by making them cleaner and cheaper to run, from installing new insulation to rolling out low carbon heating like solar and heat pumps.
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