1 World Solar

As long as you don't live in a conservation area or a listed building then you do not require planning permission to install solar thermal panels on your roof. If you live in a conservation area you are allowed to install panels on roofs that do not face the road without planning permission. If you do live in a listed building or in conservation area and want to install panels facing the road then you will need to contact the local planning department.

If the planning department do have objections there are various possible options. You can sometimes mount panels on walls, nearby buildings or frames in the garden for example. Also we can make photoshop mock-ups of how the building will look with the panels in various locations, which can sometimes be helpful with planning applications.