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Planning Change Makes Heat Pump Installations Easier for Homes
- The UK government lifted a key planning restriction on May 2025 to make heat pump installations easier in millions of homes across England.
- This change removes the one-metre distance requirement from neighbours, which had delayed installations by up to eight weeks and increased costs by about £347.
- The planning reform forms part of the Warm Homes Plan, aiming to accelerate low-carbon heating uptake and upgrade 300,000 homes while lowering bills and emissions.
- Heat pump installation costs range from £7,000 to £14,000, and although planning barriers reduce, high upfront expenses and home upgrade needs remain significant obstacles for many households.
- While the reform speeds up installations and benefits wealthier homeowners, critics say it leaves renters and lower-income households behind, indicating a need for more equitable policies.
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Miliband Accused of Pitting “Neighbours Against Neighbours” After Scrapping Heat Pump Rule – The Daily Sceptic
Ed Miliband has scrapped the rule requiring heat pumps to be installed at least one metre from neighbours’ homes, leaving councils braced for a surge in noise complaints. The post Miliband Accused of Pitting “Neighbours Against Neighbours” After Scrapping Heat Pump Rule appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Heat pumps ‘one-metre rule’ removed in Warm Homes Plan update - netMAGmedia Ltd
The Government has aided the move to retrofit air source heat pumps (ASHP) in terraced housing by removing the planning restriction that ASHPs must be a metre from a neighbour's property. However, commentators have warned that leasehold or rented properties will not automatically be affected by the changes to permitted development rules. The update to
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