Wind Turbine Requirements
Throughout the UK there are numerous requirements set out by the Government you must meet in order to set up and use Wind Turbines in residential areas.
A Building-Mounted Wind Turbine
England
Need to be a detached house and be surrounded by other detached houses in the vicinity.
Must comply to the MCS planning standards.
One turbine is considered a permitted development and the property must not have an air source heat pump installed already. Otherwise, you need to ask for planning permission.
Including the blades, no part of the turbine should protrude more than 3 metres above the highest part of the chimney, and the overall height of the house and wind turbine should not exceed 15m.
The distance between the ground and the lowest part of the wind turbine blade needs to exceed 5m.
A minimum of 5m needs to be between your turbine and the boundary of your property.
The swept area of a building mounted wind turbine cannot exceed 3.8m2.
A wind turbine cannot be sited on the roof of a building within the grounds of a listed building.
If you live in a conservation area/world heritage site, you are not allowed to position the turbine on a wall that would make it visible from a highway.
The wind turbine must be removed as soon as practically possible when no longer needed for Microgeneration.
Be sited as far as practically possible to limit the impact on the amenity of the local area.
The installation must not be sited on safeguarded land.
A Stand-Alone Wind Turbine
England
The wind turbine must adhere to the MCS planning standards.
The installation must not be sited on safeguarded land.
One turbine is considered a permitted development and the property must not have an Air Source Heat Pump installed already. Otherwise, you need to ask for planning permission.
The highest part of the wind turbine blade must not exceed 11.1 metres.
The distance between the ground and the lowest part of the wind turbine blade needs to exceed 5m.
The turbine’s height plus 10% is the distance that the wind turbine needs to be from the boundary of your property.
The swept area of the wind turbine cannot exceed 3.8m2.
If you live in a conservation area/world heritage site, the closest part of the wind turbine needs to be further away from any highways than the closest part of the house.
Permitted development rights are not applicable for an installation on a listed building or on a building in a conservation area/world heritage site
The blades cannot be coated in a reflective material.
When no longer needed for Microgeneration, the wind turbines should be removed as soon as practically possible.
Wind Turbines In
Scotland
While building-mounted wind turbines require planning permission in Scotland, standalone turbines do not, providing they meet the following criteria:
It is the only wind turbine within the property.
It is situated more than 100m from the next-door neighbour.
It does not sit on a world heritage site, on scientific research land, is considerably near a listed building or is near land for archaeological purposes.
Wind Turbines In
Wales
Permitted development rights do not apply to wind turbines mounted on a dwellinghouse or building within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse. It will be necessary to make a planning application to your local planning authority if you wish to install a building-mounted wind turbine.
The installation, alteration or replacement of a stand-alone (not building mounted) wind turbine within the boundaries of a dwellinghouse can be considered to be permitted development, not needing an application for planning permission, provided ALL the limits and conditions are met.
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