Solar panels plan for Hutton Village Hall gets the green light
Energy-saving solar panels can be installed on the roof of a village hall in Berwickshire.
Scottish Borders Council has granted a certificate of lawfulness for the work at Hutton Village Hall.
The hall is a modern community building built around 20 years ago featuring a pitched, blue-coloured metal roof.
The application sought to determine that PV panels could lawfully be installed on the roof of the building without approval via a formal planning application.
The proposed panels would be installed on both roof pitches, with two rows of nine panels to the east pitch and three groups of six panels to the west pitch.
A report approving the application, from SBC planning officer Paul Duncan, states: “The site is not within a conservation area or the curtilage of a listed building.
“Nor is the site within 3km of an aerodrome or technical site, or within a national scenic area, a historic garden or designed landscape, a National Park or a World Heritage Site.”