High Court allows legal challenge to Gove’s energy efficiency policy

By Tom Lowe2024-04-16T06:00:00

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Judicial review to look into government’s attempt to stop councils setting stricter rules for housing than national standards

The High Court has allowed a legal challenge to Michael Gove’s policy of limiting councils from setting higher energy efficiency standards for new housing than national benchmarks.

In a ministerial statement published last December, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said that local plans should not go beyond minimum energy efficiency standards for new buildings.

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