The ODPM does not currently have any plans to bring conservatories under full Building Regulations. This was recently confirmed by Yvette Cooper on the Radio 4 Today programme. She sated: "Conservatories have not been included in the Building Regulations for about 25 years, and its true that we don't have any proposals to include conservatories in full-blown Building Regulations. It is quote a cumbersome process for relatively minor works, but what we are doing is looking far more widely at what is the best way to improve the energy efficiency of the whole house, what new measures might be appropriate that might make a difference. When you look at the overall impact of what we are doing, which is not only increasing the energy efficiency of new homes, there is a very great impact on existing homes as well."
