Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 4 March 2026.
Ruth Cadbury
Chair, Transport Committee, Chair, Transport Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average waiting for the Building Safety Regulator to approve the remediation of residential flats in London.
Samantha Dixon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The monthly Building Control Approval Application dataset January 2026 showed that the average approval timeframe for remediation projects in London was 30 weeks.
We recognise that processing times need to improve, and we will be bringing forward a Building Safety Regulator remediation improvement plan in the coming weeks detailing how we intend to work with the sector to achieve improvements.
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