Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to allow installation of solar panels as a permitted development right in (a) domestic property, and (b) business premise where physically practical.

To support the generation of renewable energy there are a range of permitted development rights that allow for the installation of microgeneration equipment, including rooftop solar panels on domestic and non-domestic properties, without having to make a planning application.

We will keep the existing permitted development rights for solar equipment under regular review.