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 DemocratSouth 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 Pennycook
National 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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