Permitted Development Rights: Solar Power

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 3 September 2025.

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Photo of Helen Maguire Helen Maguire Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Defence)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on redress in circumstances where adding a storey to a property under permitted development regulations results in the blocking of the sun to pre-existing solar panels on an adjoining property.

Photo of Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

My Department has not issued any such guidance.

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