Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 68872

Housing: Air Conditioning

Tabled: 17 July 2025

Answered: 22 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to revise building regulations to require (a) passive or (b) mechanical cooling systems in new homes in response to rising summer temperatures.

Answer

Alex Norris

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...

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