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Housing: Air Conditioning

Commons · Question 68871 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local planning authorities on the installation of air conditioning systems in residential developments in anticipation of more frequent e

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 22 Jul 2025

It is the Building Regulations that ensure new housing is built to mitigate the risk of overheating. This comes through Part O of the regulations, which came into effect in June 2022. In the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, which ran fro...