Local Councils usually follow the guidance below:

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/antenna

For most private houses, detached, terrace or semi detached this means

Unless your house (or the building in which you live) is in a designated area, you do not need to apply for planning permission to install an antenna on your property, as long as:

• there will be no more than two antennas on the property overall. (These may be on the front or back of the building, on the roof, attached to the chimney, or in the garden);
• if you are installing a single antenna, it is not more than 100 centimetres in any linear dimension (not including any projecting feed element, reinforcing rim, mounting and brackets);
• if you are installing two antennas, one is not more than 100 centimetres in any linear dimension, and the other is not more than 60 centimetres in any linear dimension (not including any projecting feed element, reinforcing rim, mounting and brackets);
• the cubic capacity of each individual antenna is not more than 35 litres;
• an antenna fitted onto a chimney stack is not more than 60 centimetres in any linear dimension; and
• an antenna mounted on the roof only sticks out above the roof when there is a chimney-stack. In this case, the antenna should not stick out more than 60 centimetres above the highest part of the roof, or above the highest part of the chimney stack, whichever is lower.

You are free to watch tv from any country, here in the Uk ,free or subscription, purchasing or renting the decoders and viewing cards from any other country as long as it is for personal use and not broadcast/ shown in any public area.

It is illegal to use any service internet or satellite, providing a pirated channel.

Programmable receivers ( Linux )

It is not illegal to install a Linux based receiver and dish, only to use the cccam or other similar software in order to watch subscription channels without paying the broadcaster.

The EEU Court was recently advised that publicans should be free to purchase their Football and other entertainment from any broadcaster in Europe

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