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  • UK Finance Updates Lender Statement on EWS1

    Today, Thursday 24 April, UK Finance has published an update to the current lender statement on cladding. This update covers:

    • Reliance in the mortgage journey on EWS1 forms more than five years old; and
    • The scenario of an EWS1 form in the mortgage journey by an invalid signatory

    Leaseholders and prospective buyers will now have more clarity on purchasing homes with building safety issues, following a key update from mortgage lenders and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) regarding EWS1 forms. 

    To read the UK Finance lender statement update in full  CLICK HERE 

  • HSE: Updated Building Control Guidance

    The HSE has made some improvements to its guidance for building control approval for higher-risk buildings.

    Visit GOV.UK to view:

    • Building control approval for higher-risk buildings
    • Preparing information for a building control approval application
    • Making changes to a higher-risk building project
    • Applying for a completion certificate

    After listening to the experiences of people using the guidance, the updates will better support the needs of those preparing to, or applying for, building control approval from BSR.

    • Building Safety Regulator

  • Government updates

    Machinery of Government – UK Parliament

    In response to one of the recommendations from the Grenfell Phase 2 Inquiry report the Prime Minister confirmed that responsibility for fire will move from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.  

    This change will bring responsibility for building safety and fire under a single Secretary of State, providing for a more coherent approach to keeping people safe from fire in their homes.

    View the statement in full

  • Training with BSR

    HSE now offers regular online and in-person courses aimed at Principal Accountable Persons, industry and more.

    Upcoming courses cover:

    • Introduction to the Building Safety Regulator and Building Safety Act  
    • Introduction to the role of Accountable Persons and Principal Accountable Persons
    • Introduction to the role of Client, Principal Designer and Principal Contractor  
    • Developing accompanying documents for the Building Control Process

    Get further information about BSR training courses 

  • Remediation action plan: BSR update

    HSE is setting up a new Remediation Enforcement Unit within BSR to quickly assess the cladding risk for those buildings registered with us.


    This is part of the remediation action plan as announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner MP. 


    The Remediation Enforcement Unit will hold to account owners of registered higher-risk buildings (HRBs) clad with combustible aluminium composite material (ACM) and high-pressure laminate (HPL), enforcing where necessary, to ensure the remediation of unsafe cladding on HRBs. 
    We expect the unit to be up and running by Summer 2025. 

    • Building Remediation
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