All Building Safety Regulator articles
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator spells out timetable to clear gateway 2 backlog first announced at Building the Future conference
Backlog of legacy application to be cleared by January, group promises
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CommentWill the CLC building control approval guidance be a gateway to success?
These short guidance notes aim to reduce rejections and delays by providing more clarity on what information to include in gateway 2 applications
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NewsIndustry will see progress on gateway 2 delays by Christmas, CLC boss predicts
Mark Reynolds tells Building the Future conference he is ‘confident greater number of schemes will be approved’ by end of year
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator chair unveils measures to speed up approvals process at Building the Future conference
Andy Roe says initiatives will mean time getting gateway 2 sign-off is closer to 12 weeks rather than current 48
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FeaturesHow the UK’s largest listed private landlord Grainger is preparing to ride the build-to-rent wave
Grainger has spent the past few years pivoting towards build-to-rent to take advantage of the burgeoning living markets sector. As the firm registers as a REIT in order to attract investment, chief executive Helen Gordon explains her strategy
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NewsNew BESA president criticises industry ‘lip service’ commitment to building safety regime
Pete Curtis calls on sector’s firms to ‘do something’ to improve compliance amid ongoing gateway 2 delays
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NewsNine month wait to get building safety sign-off for new builds, regulator admits
When new regulations were introduced 18 months, planned target was to get decisions made with 12 weeks
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CommentWhat next for the Building Safety Regulator?
Evidence being heard by a House of Lords inquiry exposes fundamental flaws that ministers still need to address
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator wants to get gateway 2 approvals process down to ‘five weeks’, CLC boss tells peers
But Mark Reynolds says proposal is ‘long way off’ and that getting it to just 13 weeks would be ‘huge step forward’
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FeaturesIs the government’s Building Safety Regulator shake-up enough to fix the delays?
The government has promised to speed up approvals for high-rise residential schemes which have been languishing for up to a year in the new building safety regime. The industry’s reponse so far has been muted. With patience running out and costs mounting, Tom Lowe speaks to the people caught up ...
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CommentThe construction industry needs a Building Safety Regulator that is fit for purpose
The government must get its house in order and act to remove the gateway 2 bottleneck, says Tom Dodson
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NewsProblems getting building safety sign-offs spooking investors, Quintain boss tells Lords
Construction director at Wembley Park developer says firm would pay higher fees if it improved transparency at regulator
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator chief to step down in September
Philip White’s ’partial retirment’ announced internally in March but only made public today
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NewsBarely 10% of building safety gateway 2 submissions for new builds have been approved, latest figures say
Data provided by Cast says average cost of getting green light at this stage is close to £28,000
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NewsLords opens inquiry into Building Safety Regulator scheme approval delays
Committee issues call for evidence from industry on performance of the regulator
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NewsFixing Building Safety Regulator delays should be ‘priority’, MPs tell government
It is ‘clear’ improvements have to be made, housing committee chair says
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CommentAre the Building Safety Act’s own processes the biggest hurdle in the high-rise development race?
With some minor modifications, the act could be an effective tool for improving building safety while still encouraging the delivery of projects in a timely and cost-effective way, says Robin Holme at TFT
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NewsGovernment setting up new cladding remediation enforcement unit
Body to sit within Building Safety Regulator and will be used to speed up remediation on higher risk buildings
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NewsBPF tells Reeves to find more money to clear backlog of schemes held up by new safety rules
Trade body latest group to raise resourcing issue which has seen dozens of projects held up by logjam at Building Safety Regulator
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FeaturesWhat the delays at the Building Safety Regulator mean for high-rise development
The new system of gateway checks on high rise buildings is adding anything up to 18 months to construction programmes. Joey Gardiner finds out why