Renewable Energy for Businesses

Reports in BSJ this morning reveal that small businesses will soon be able to install renewable energy to their premises with a minimum of red tape.

At present planning permission is required to install a wind turbine or solar panels on a building. This can take anything from eight weeks. Given how Local Authorities are so stretched these days it is a real lottery how long an application can take. Entec, the Environment and Engineering Consultancy has been asked by Hazel Blears to review how renewable energy can be installed as 'permitted development'.

This will enable a business to proceed with their proposal as long as their is no impact on the local environment or other building owners.