Building Safety Act compliance: Who owns the risk at gateway three?

By Charis Beverton 2026-08-06T06:00:00

After many found difficulties at gateway three, housebuilders are now alert to challenges at the regime’s third and final approval stage. Charis Beverton looks at what the sector and regulator can do to avoid a repeat of the problems

After a challenging start, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has been finding its feet this year. Re-established as an arms-length body in January under new CEO, Charlie Pugsley, the BSR has focused on tackling a significant backlog of schemes through gateway two of the regime, while improving engagement with industry. The objective has been to unblock the stalling pipeline of higher-risk buildings that is fundamental to the government’s housebuilding drive.

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