Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 40838

Buildings: Safety

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

LabourSuffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the average time taken to receive building control decisions on applications to carry out works on higher risk buildings o

Answer

Alex Norris
Our priority with the new regime is to ensure buildings are safe and decent. The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has 12 weeks to determine a building control approval application for new higher-risk buildings and 8 weeks to determine the applications for ...

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