§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment in which local authority districts in the south-west a satellite dish size of 90 cm is currently permitted without planning permission. [26339]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordA general planning permission, without the need for a planning application to the local planning authority, is granted by the Town and County Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 for the installation of satellite antennas, subject to certain restrictions including size limits. In the south-west of England, the size limit for installation on dwellinghouses and other buildings under 15 m high is 90 cm in Devon and Cornwall. The size is necessary for good reception in those counties. Elsewhere in the south west the permitted limit is 70 cm. Our recent consultation paper, "Planning and Telecommunications", proposes that satellite antennas of up to 90 cm should be permitted throughout England.