The Sky IS the limit! Every house in a street ordered to remove their satellite dish

Just goes to show that sometimes plannng permission is required for satellite dishes on houses, and satellite dishes can be removed if “unsightly”. EU Directives actually allow for this, and contrary to what some people think, planning permission for the installation of satellite dishes in Europe does not have to be granted.

It’s the kind of council order that would make most homeowners hit the roof.
But this didn’t apply to just one house – it applied to the whole street.
Residents of every property in Shepherdess Walk in Hackney, East London, were told by their local council to remove their satellite dishes.
Council bosses said they don’t have planning permission and gave them just three days to pull them.
Most of the dishes have been fixed to the front of houses for more than ten years. But Hackney Borough Council says planning permission was never granted.
The council has now told housing trust Circle 33 to make their tenants take down the dishes and fit them to the rear of houses – or switch to cable.
Each family will have to foot the bill for the work themselves – which could cost up to £200 if they have to cancel their existing contract and switch suppliers.
Some families believe they are the victims of a bid to clean up Hackney before the start of the Olympic Games in London in June.
The borough is hosting a third of the Games’ facilities and borders the main Olympic Park in Stratford, Newham.
Hackney Council denies the claims, although the deadline for tenants to remove the dishes has now been extended by three weeks.
One neighbour, who has lived on the street for ten years, said: ‘It is absolutely outrageous.
‘In all this time that we have lived here we have never been told to remove our satellite dishes. So why now?
‘I think it must be something to do with the Olympics. Why else would they suddenly ask us to remove the satellite dishes?
‘I heard they are trying to clean up the area for the games and they must think satellite dishes ruin the look of the street. But I think it looks fine.’
Tony Emberson, 48, an administrator, said: ‘I got the letter with only three days to sort something out.
Hackney Council denies the claims, although the deadline for tenants to remove the dishes has now been extended by three weeks.
One neighbour, who has lived on the street for ten years, said: ‘It is absolutely outrageous.
‘In all this time that we have lived here we have never been told to remove our satellite dishes. So why now?
‘I think it must be something to do with the Olympics. Why else would they suddenly ask us to remove the satellite dishes?
‘I heard they are trying to clean up the area for the games and they must think satellite dishes ruin the look of the street. But I think it looks fine.’
Tony Emberson, 48, an administrator, said: ‘I got the letter with only three days to sort something out