Building Safety Regulator confirms ‘full’ designs won’t always be needed for building control approval

By Carl Brown2024-01-29T14:04:00

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Official says designs with ‘holes’ can receive approval in some circumstances

A leading figure at the Building Safety Regulator has confirmed high-rise residential blocks do not always need to have a complete design in order to receive building control approval.

Under new rules coming in this April, designs will have to be receive building control approval at gateway 2 - a “hard stop” which replaces the deposit of plans stage.

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