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Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UIN 126504, tabled on 18 January 2023

Question

Dr Alan Whitehead
Labour
Southampton, Test
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 2015 to remove the requirement that heat pumps be placed one metre away from the property boundary.

Answer

Lucy Frazer
Conservative
South East Cambridgeshire
Commons

Answered on

23 January 2023

To support the generation of renewable energy there are a range of permitted development rights that allow for the installation of microgeneration equipment, including air and ground source heat pumps, without the need for a planning application. The rights are set out in Part 14 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended. The rights are subject to certain limitations and conditions to protect local amenity, including noise and visual appearance.

We keep all rights under review.

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