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

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the practice of planning authorities in granting or denying permission for insulation and installation of heat pumps in listed buildings.

As set out in the British Energy Security Strategy published last year, the Government has undertaken a review of the practical planning barriers that households can face when installing energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures such as heat pumps, including in conservation areas and listed buildings. An announcement on the outcome of the review will be made shortly.