IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: one of London’s richest boroughs first in UK to allow solar panels on historic buildings

The National News UK reports that one of London’s richest boroughs has become the first in the UK to give consent to solar panels on historic listed buildings without planning permission in a bid to cut carbon emissions.

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… move comes after support from residents during a consultation in February…

The National News UK writes:

One of London’s richest boroughs has become the first in UK to give consent to solar panels on historic listed buildings without planning permission in a bid to cut carbon emissions.

The Grade II buildings are the biggest carbon emitters in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, generating 80 per cent of its carbon.

It is aiming to be carbon neutral by 2040.

Much of the borough is within conservation areas, with about 4,000 listed buildings.

Until now, all owners of listed buildings required individual listed building consent if they wanted to install solar equipment.

It is the first borough in the country to relax the rules…

The move comes after support from residents during a consultation in February.

Plans were supported by residents’ associations across the borough, as well as individuals and the Historic Houses Association.

The council is working to decarbonise its own housing stock, with an estimated cost of about £100 million….

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