The Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) latest data for the 12-week rolling period to 1 November 2026 shows overall gateway 2 application approvals rising to 92%, with 19,409 residential units clearing the gateway.
New HRBs and conversion approvals stood at 95% nationally and 97% in London, with existing building remediation approvals climbed to 93% nationally and to 98% in London.
Highlights to 1 November 2026 (12 week rolling period):
- Overall decisions: Over the last 12 weeks, BSR made 403 building control decisions across all higher-risk building (HRB) categories, achieving an overall national approval rate of 92% (370 cases approved). These equate to 19,409 residential units.
- New HRBs and conversions: The approval rate stood at 95% (40 approvals out of 42 decisions) with a median approval time of 20 weeks for 9,453 units. In London, approvals stood at 97% with a 20-week median approval time for non-complex cases (6,733 units).
- Existing building remediation: Existing building remediation approvals stood at 93% (113 approvals), significantly exceeding historical performance levels and equating to 9,956 units. In London, approvals reached 98% (4,881 units).
- NHS applications: Approvals for NHS healthcare applications reached 86% nationally with 18 approvals from 21 decisions and a median determination time of 20 weeks.
- Increased applications and levy contingency: BSR activated contingency plans to manage a pre-levy surge of 93 applications submitted ahead of the Building Safety Levy coming into force on 1 October 2026.
- Investigation and enforcement: BSR intends to publish future transparency data on investigation and enforcement activity, providing greater visibility of its risk-based regulatory interventions.
BSR continues to drive improvements regarding the assessment of applications for new high-rise residential buildings and major conversions.
Over the latest rolling period, BSR made 42 decisions on new-build projects, approving 95% of applications (40 approvals) with a median approval time of 20 weeks.
These approved schemes represent 9,453 new residential units. In November 2025, overall remediation decision times stood at 44 weeks with an approval rate of 32%, highlighting substantial progress.
Data shows an increasing number of new-build projects progressing through gateway 2, with 24,689 homes under construction and a further 24, 833 approved, but yet to start on site.
Most new-build activity continues to take place in London, which accounted for 30 of 42 national decisions made.
BSR approved 29 of these 30 projects in London. This represents an approval rate of 97% in the capital and unlocked 6,733 residential units. The median determination time in the capital was 20 weeks for non-complex cases.
Nationally, BSR is managing 183 live new-build and conversion applications (39,843 units).
Charlie Pugsley, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Building Safety Regulator, said: “Our latest data reflects continued momentum and growing maturity across the regulatory regime.
“Overall Gateway 2 approvals have reached 92%, unlocking 19,409 residential units, with remediation approvals climbing to 93% nationally and 98% in London.
“While we continue to streamline determination times for high-quality applications, safe homes require high-quality applications and robust but proportionate regulation.
“Through our expanding site inspection programme and multi-disciplinary workforce, we are focussed on ensuring adherence to approved designs during construction.
“Coupled with our structured handling of the recent pre-levy surge, BSR is determined to maintain rigorous scrutiny at every stage.
“Our core objective remains unchanged – driving accountability across the sector to guarantee that residents are safe, and feel safe, in their homes.”
