The Code for Sustainable Homes has been the Government’s sustainability standard of choice for residential new build since 2007. However, this was brought to an end by Eric Pickles on 25 March 2015 as part of a Written Statement to Parliament.

Characterised – at least in certain political circles - as the To-Do List for a “zombie government”, yesterday’s Queen’s Speech contained further clues as to how the Government intends to meet its zero carbon targets for the residential sector: