The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published its first strategic plan.

The BSR, set up as part of the Health & Safety Executive, has set out it principles and three-year ‘roadmap’ for action in a 27-page document.

The regulator, which began operations in April, said that it aims to have assessed 40% of occupied higher-risk residential buildings – defined as those at least 18 metres or seven storeys in height – by April 2026. It is expected to start issuing building assessment certificates from next April, following last month’s deadline for building owners to register details of their higher-risk buildings with BSR.