questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to take steps to remove regulatory barriers to the installation of air conditioning in (a) dwellings and (b) business promises including those in the London Plan.
answerText: Part O of the Building Regulations requires that new residential buildings are built to mitigate the risk of overheating. Part O does not prevent the installation of air conditioning. It encourages passive design measures, such as limiting solar gain and ...
heading: Air Conditioning