Written Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities·UIN 192147
Building Alterations: Noise
Tabled: 3 July 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023
Question
Preet Kaur Gill
Labour (Co-op) — Birmingham Edgbaston
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to require landlords soundproof individual flats when redeveloping houses as flats.
Answer
When there is a material change of use, the Building Regulations 2010 require that work is carried out so there is reasonable resistance to sound in dwelling houses, flats and rooms for residential purposes.