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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Outlines the Government's proposals for reforming the system governing what householders can do to their own property without the need to apply for planning permission so as to allow the easier installation of microgeneration (the generation of zero or low-carbon heat and power by individuals) technologies.
Consultation closed on 25 June 2007. To be read with Planning for a sustainable future - white paper. Cm 7120 (Parliamentary Publication, 2007); Changes to permitted development - consultation paper 2: permitted development rights for householders; Householder development consents review - implementation of recommendations; and Domestic installation of microgeneration equipment - final report from a review of the permitted development regulations (all DCLG, 2007).
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