Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 126504 on Property: Heating, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending part 14 of schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 to ensure that air source heat pumps may be installed under permitted development rights in all properties.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) are currently conducting an independent review of air source heat pumps. Future policy announcements will be made in the usual way.