L R AS Published on Tuesday 21 June 2022 - n° 409 - Categories:panels

Rooftop planning permission to be abolished soon in Ireland

Ireland is preparing measures to simplify solar installations on residential roofs as well as on the roofs of non-domestic buildings, such as community and educational buildings,

places of worship, health buildings, libraries and farms. There would no longer be a need to obtain planning permission regardless of location.

Wall-mounted and freestanding solar panel installations are also exempt from the requirement to obtain planning permission, subject to a surface area limit of 25 square metres.

The measure will support Ireland's aim to generate up to 380 MW of solar micro-generation (around 1 million panels) as part of the country's overall target of 2.5 GW of solar by 2030.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/06/16/ireland-proposes-planning-exemptions-for-rooftop-solar/

PV Magazine, 16 June 2022

Editor's note: To our knowledge, this is the first European country to completely eliminate building permits for rooftops.

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