Do You Need Planning Permission for Your LPG Boiler?

If you’re about to install a new LPG boiler in your home, you might need to get planning permission. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about planning permission for your LPG boiler.

What’s planning permission?

Planning laws exist to control rural and urban developments. If you want to do certain jobs in your home, you might need to apply for planning permission. Other jobs are permitted developments, which means that you can go ahead and do the job as long as you follow certain conditions.

If you want to apply for planning permission, you’ll need to submit an application to your local authority. They’ll review it and decide whether to give you permission or not. It’s important that you wait to hear about this before you go ahead and do the work.

Do you need planning permission for your LPG boiler?

Usually, you won’t need planning permission for your LPG boiler. However, if it has an external flue this has to be:

  • No more than 1 metre above the highest part of your roof if it’s on the rear or side of your property
  • Not on the side or front of your property if it’s on designated land and fronting a road

If you can’t follow these rules then you’ll need to apply for planning permission.

If your property is listed or on designated land, it’s a good plan to check with your local planning authority before fitting your boiler. Designated land includes World Heritage Sites, national parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and conservation areas.

Do you need planning permission for a fuel tank?

Don’t forget that if you install an LPG boiler, you’ll need an outside fuel tank too. You usually won’t need planning permission for this as long as the tank:

  • Is no bigger than 3,500 litres
  • Is no higher than 3 metres, or 2.5 metres if it’s within 2 metres of a boundary
  • Isn’t between the front of your house and a road
  • Doesn’t mean that over half the land attached to your property is covered by other buildings, containers or enclosures

Plus, if your property is on designated land then you can’t install the tank at the side of your home. You also need to make sure that a maximum of 10 square metres of any land 20 metres or more away from your home is covered by buildings or other additions.

If you can’t follow these rules or your property is listed then you’ll need to apply for planning permission.

To get further advice or apply for planning permission, get in touch with your local authority. You can find their details via your local council’s website.