Following a meeting between Client and Professional Services members involved in the development of Higher‐Risk Buildings (HRBs) and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), Build UK has produced an overview of the validation stage at Gateway Two and the documents that must be included in an application for Building Control Approval to the BSR. This has been made available to FIS Membership through our membership of BuildUK.
On receipt of each application, the BSR carries out an initial assessment to ensure that all the documents required have been submitted, which is known as the validation stage. With almost 30% of applications deemed invalid, we have summarised the documents that must be included in applications for both new and existing HRBs, as set out in the Building (Higher‐Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023, to help improve the success rate. This guide is intended for Build UK members only and please do not share via websites or social media.
Gateway Two remains a significant challenge and the Prime Minister has pledged an additional £2 million to support the BSR to ‘continue improving the processing for new‐build applications’. Philip White, Chief Inspector of Buildings and Director of Building Safety at the HSE, has promised to clear the backlog of applications by the end of this financial year, although this applies only to applications submitted up to July 2024. The CLC has also established a task and finish group with a number of workstreams to work with the BSR to review the application process.
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