Satellite dishes and TV aerials
Do they require planning permission?
Normal domestic TV and radio aerials do not need planning permission.
Aalways check with the Planning Unit prior to installing a satellite dish. If your house is a listed building, you may need listed building consent to install a satellite dish on your house.
Remember, you are responsible for the appropriate siting of satellite dishes.
Permitted development for antennas on dwelling houses
The regulations relating to antennas on dwelling houses are as follows:-
Number of antenna(s)
- Up to 2 antennas are permitted
Size of antenna(s)
- Single antennas are permitted to be up to 100cm in length.
- For 2 antennas, one is permitted to be up to 100cm in length; any second antenna is limited to 60cm in length.
- Chimney-mounted antennas are limited to 60cm in length.
- All antennas should be no greater than 35 litres cubic capacity.
Location restrictions
- In dwelling houses which have a chimney stack: antennas should not protrude above the highest part of the roof by more than 60cm, or the highest part of the chimney, whichever is the lower.
- In dwelling houses without a chimney stack: antennas should not protrude above the highest part of the roof.
- Antennas should not protrude above the highest point of the chimney.
Restrictions in Designated Areas
- Antennas are not permitted on a chimney, wall or roof slope which both faces onto and is visible from a road or Broads waterway.