The Building Safety Regular (BSR) has published its latest data for the period 8 June to 31 August 2026. The data shows that a total of 333 decisions were made across all valid Gateway Two applications with an approval rate of 84%. However, 174 applications (34% of the number received) were deemed invalid or withdrawn in the same 12‐week period.
|
Decisions |
Approval Rate |
Median Approval Time |
Invalid/ |
|
|
New Build |
50 |
92% |
22 weeks |
5 |
|
Category A & B |
143 |
78% |
32 weeks |
141 |
|
Remediation |
118 |
89% |
33 weeks |
20 |
|
NHS |
22 |
82% |
22 weeks |
8 |
|
Total |
333 |
84% |
N/A |
174 |
The BSR highlights a ‘steady increase’ in new build applications in August, with the number expected to rise again this month ahead of the Building Safety Levy coming into operation on 1 October 2026. A year on from the establishment of the Innovation Unit, the median approval time for applications has reduced from 43 weeks to 22 weeks.
There are currently 184 live ‘major change’ requests. 42% are new build, 36% are Category A and B, 6% are remediation, 14% are NHS, and 2% are transitional projects. New build change requests are currently taking on average seven weeks to close, against the statutory target of six weeks.
The BSR also received 53 Gateway Three applications during the last 12 weeks. There were 16 decisions made in an average time of 20 weeks with an approval rate of 88%. No new build projects that have been through Gateway Two have yet reached Gateway Three, and this will be focus of the discussion at the next Build UK Building Safety call on Tuesday 29 September