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Prefabricated Housing

Asked by Margaret MullaneLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 24 March 2025UIN 38805

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on the use of offsite manufacture in house building.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Building regulations apply equally to homes built using modern methods of construction as those built using traditional methods. Developers are responsible for complying with the functional requirements of the building regulations, which are set out in legislation and the Approved Documents.

We are working with the British Standards Institution to create a Publicly Available Specification for modern methods of construction new build residential properties, which will be published in due course.

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