Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81058
Planning Permission: Heat Pumps
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Dr Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that householders in conservation areas whose permitted development rights were removed by local authorities are not required t
Answer
Matthew PennycookNational permitted development rights enable the installation of air and ground source heat pumps without the need for a planning application. Local authorities are able to remove permitted development rights by making an Article 4 direction if this is ju...
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