Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to introduce a requirement for whole life-cycle carbon assessments to be submitted as part of (a) pre-application enquiries, (b) full planning submissions and (c) practical completion within the National Planning Policy Framework.

Considering embodied carbon of buildings is an important aspect of net zero. Progress is being made on tackling the operational carbon emissions, which will continue with the Future Homes and Buildings Standards. We have committed to consulting this year on our approach to the issue of embodied carbon.