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Housing: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of permitting low-impact rooftop solar installations in conservation areas on levels of energy costs for homeown

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
27 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of permitting low-impact rooftop solar installations in conservation areas on levels of energy costs for homeown

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    To facilitate the take up of renewable energy, nationally set permitted development rights enable the installation of solar equipment on or within the curtilage of buildings, including in conservation areas, without the need to submit a planning applicati...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Bellwin Scheme: Cornwall Council

21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will conduct an impact assessment of the fiscal impacts of providing targeted Bellwin Scheme relief to Cornwall Council, in the context of the costs incurred by

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Fire and Rescue Services: Workplace Pensions

30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government Legal Department’s position statement, published on 8 July 2025, what assessment his Department has made of the steps required to implement pensi

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Fire and Rescue Services: Workplace Pensions

30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he expects pension administrators to be given instructions to implement buy back for pre-2000 retained firefighter claimants.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Estate Agents: Regulation

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current regulation of property agents in relation to (a) court-ordered property sales, and (b) vulnerable individuals.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Housing Ombudsman Service: Standards

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Housing Ombudsman Service's (a) funding, (b) staffing levels and (c) case management capacity for its caseload and adherence to