Despite Labour’s much-touted “build, baby, build” promise, Sky News’ Sam Coates reports that 1,210 completed homes remain empty as of August, awaiting clearance from the Building Safety Regulator. Between September 2024 and March this year, only 32% of the regulator’s decisions were made on time…
Last year, just 14% of applications cleared ‘gateway 2’ building control approval for high-risk buildings (more than eight storeys) – while only seven out of 40 developments secured final certification at ‘gateway 3’. In Parliament this morning, Andy Roe, non-executive chair of the BSR, warned:
“If we haven’t shown very significant change by the end of the calendar year we run the risk of losing the confidence of everyone in the regulatory regime.”
Roe was appointed a little over a month ago and has only met with Rayner for the first time this week. Labour has pledged to reform the system, though is only moving the regulator out of the Health and Safety Executive and making it a quango under Rayner’s MHCLG. Meanwhile, Reeves has insisted she “will not renege” on safety commitments. Labour growth gaslighting rolls on…
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