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Building Safety Regulator

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 69299

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications have been made to the Building Safety Regulator since 4 July 2024; and how many of those (a) were approved, (b) were rejected and (c) are awaiting Gateway (i) 2 and (ii) 3 approval.

Answered by Alex Norris

The table below shows number of building control approval applications received by the BSR and how many of those where approved, rejected, and are awaiting approval, for both Gateway 2 and 3, since 4 July 2024.

Decision Made

Gateway 2

Gateway 3

Grand Total

Approval

254

29

283

Invalid

422

422

Rejection

247

1

248

Withdrawn

107

107

Awaiting Approval

917

80

997

Grand total

1947

110

2057

The BSR will be regularly publishing data demonstrating the volumes of applications received, outcomes and decision times for determination. The first tranche of this data for Gateway 2 applications was published 9 July 2025.

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