Question follow-through · 56122

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to remove the one metre boundary rule for air source heat pumps in 2025.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to remove the one metre boundary rule for air source heat pumps in 2025.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The relevant regulations were laid on 8 May 2025 and came into force on 29 May 2025. Further details on the changes can be found on gov.uk here.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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