Less than a quarter of finished high-rise housing projects that have applied for “completion” certificates from the new building safety regulator have so far received a decision, Housing Today can reveal

Amid continuing industry concern over the operation of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the organisation said just seven out the 40 projects which applied in 2024 for the final building control approval necessary to allow residents to move in have so far received it.

Under the new post-Grenfell system for regulating construction work on housing schemes taller than 18 metres (HRBs), developers or firms carrying out remediation work must seek approval at three distinct “gateway” points.