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Class C      ANY OTHER ALTERATION TO THE ROOF OF A DWELLINGHOUSE

 

Permitted development

 

C.      Any other alteration to the roof of a dwellinghouse.

 

Development not permitted

 

C.1    Development is not permitted by Class C if—

 

(a)    the alteration would protrude more than 150 millimetres beyond the plane of the slope of the original roof when measured from the perpendicular with the external surface of the original roof;

 

(b)    it would result in the highest part of the alteration being higher than the highest part of the original roof; or

 

(c)    it would consist of or include—


(i) the installation, alteration or replacement of a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe, or

        (ii) the installation, alteration or replacement of solar photovoltaics or solar thermal equipment.

 

Conditions

 

C.2    Development is permitted by Class C subject to the condition that any window located on a roof slope forming a side elevation of the dwellinghouse shall be—

 

(a)    obscure-glazed; and

(b)    non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed.