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The HSE has made some improvements to its guidance for building control approval for higher-risk buildings.
- 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
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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.
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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
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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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On 30 January 2025, Andrew Saunders from the Building Safety Regulator hosted an exclusive webinar for members of The Property Institute, and their APs/PAPs, covering the latest insights and guidance on the BAC Application process for HRBs.
The webinar covered:
- Understanding the BAC assessment process
- Learning what criteria the assessors will focus on for each element of the application
- Preparing your BAC application to the standard required
- How the application will be assessed, and who by
- What criteria will be assessed in the Safety Case Report, Residents Engagement Strategy and mandatory occurrence reporting system information
TPI members can access the webinar recording here
- Building Safety Regulator