Amendment of Class G of Part 14 (air source heat pumps)

article 5 + 5.—(1) Class G (installation or alteration etc of air source heat pumps on domestic premises) of Part 14 (renewable energy) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph G.1 (development not permitted - MCS Planning Standards), omit “or equivalent standards”.

(3) In paragraph G.2 (development not permitted)—

article 5 3 a + (a)in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “more” to the end, substitute—

“—

(i)more than one air source heat pump on, or within the curtilage of—

(aa)a dwellinghouse which is not a detached dwellinghouse;

(bb)a block of flats;

(ii)more than two air source heat pumps on, or within the curtilage of, a detached dwellinghouse;”;

article 5 3 b + (b)in sub-paragraph (d), for “exceed 0.6 cubic metres” substitute—

“—

(i)in the case of the installation of an air source heat pump on, or within the curtilage of, a dwellinghouse, exceed 1.5 cubic metres;

(ii)in the case of the installation of an air source heat pump on, or within the curtilage of, a block of flats, exceed 0.6 cubic metres;”;

article 5 3 c + (c)omit sub-paragraph (e).

(4) In paragraph G.3 (conditions)—

article 5 4 a + (a)omit sub-paragraph (a);

article 5 4 b + (b)before sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“(aa)the air source heat pump is not solely used for the purpose of cooling;”.