12 September, 2018

Households win right to fight for sunlight on their solar panels

Homeowners with rooftop solar systems will be protected from neighbouring property developments overshadowing their roofs under changes to planning rules the Andrews government has introduced.
The Andrews government will introduce new planning
 rules to protect household solar panels from being
overshadowed by neighbouring developments.
The new residential planning rules, to be brought in later this month, will mean that overshadowing of existing solar panels and hot water systems will have to be considered in residential planning decisions.


Read the story from The Age by Adam Carey and Benjamin Preiss - “Households win right to fight for sunlight on their solar panels.”

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