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Changes to the four year planning rule in England.
The four-year planning rule has offered a degree of protection for antennas and masts that have been erected without planning permission.
Under this rule any installations which had been installed and unchanged for four years or more were protected against planning enforcement action.
However, as of the 25 April 2024, this rule ceased to exist in its current form in England under changes introduced under the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. The rule has been replaced by a more stringent ten-year period for the exemption from enforcement for residential dwellings.
This change does not affect Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland where the four-year rule will continue to apply.
Any installation that was substantially completed prior to the introduction of the Act will still be subject to the four-year rule meaning, for most radio amateurs, the ten-year rule will not apply until the 24 April 2028.
Mutterings from the management
Summer is allegedly on the way, and so seeing as I last managed to write something on Christmas Day, I thought I’d better make the effort!
We have had some really great talks over the last couple of months, and we have more to come. We’ve found out more about witches than we ever thouught we’d want to know, and we’re looking forward to hearing about more Norfolk myths in the months to come. We heard about Voyager as it heads out where no man has gone before. We had a secret squirrel talk from BBC Ian that we could tell you about, but then……..
Coming up, we have VHF antennas on the 9th May and the RSGB coming over to talk about the changes that are happening on the 23rd May. All are welcome, talks generally start around 1930, and there is often cake!
Our next meeting is 20th June, and is the AGM. Everyone is welcome, but only paid up members can vote. If anyone has anything that they would like putting on the agenda, please let Dave know by the end of May. If anyone would like to stand for election, of course they are also more than welcome!
Lastly, please remember that the KLARC rally is 4th August and Lighthouses is 17th August! Let us know if you can help or if not, then please do drop by and see us.
We will still be running the KLARC GB3KY Sunday night Net at 19:00. As usual the Club Skype chat will be live from about 18:30. If you haven’t been on a Skype chat with us before and are curious click
here to find us or email
me and I’ll help you to get sorted.
I think that’s all the exciting news I have for now. We are always open on a Thursday, and we have had several new members over the last couple of months. Please pop in if you’re in the area.
73’s
Sarah (2E0NRX)
Chairman
