Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
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.
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Withdrawn | 107 |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.