Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 11 September 2025.
Andrew Rosindell
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is her planned timetable for the Building Safety Regulator to determine the Majority of building control applications within the regulator’s statutory time frame.
Andrew Rosindell
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Reforms to Building Safety Regulator to accelerate housebuilding of 30 June 2025, when she plans to (a) establish the new regulator and (b) introduce legislation to amend Section 2 of the Building Safety Act 2022 to change the regulator.
Andrew Rosindell
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Sections 79-81 of the Building Safety Act 2022, how many buildings the Building Safety Regulator has (a) invited to submit a building assessment certificate application, (b) received a building assessment certificate application from, (c) granted a building assessment certificate to and (d) rejected a building assessment certificate application for.
Samantha Dixon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
On 4th August 2025, the BSR launched the new Fast Track Innovation Unit. This will accelerate the determination of building control approval applications initially for new Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs).
Early indications suggest the new model is working effectively. I expect the model to start to deliver improvements in processing times in the coming months.
Work has begun to provide a dedicated focus to building safety by moving the BSR from within the HSE to a new body as the first step towards the establishment of a new single regulator for construction, a recommendation of the Grenfell Inquiry Report.
This is subject to secondary legislation. The BSR and MHCLG are working closely together to ensure that the transition does not impact day to day delivery.
BSR officials have provided the requested building assessment certificate stats below:
(a) Invited to submit a building assessment certificate application, 1,609.
(b) Received a building assessment certificate application from, 1,402.
(c) Granted a building assessment certificate to 79.
(d) Rejected a building assessment certificate application 273.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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