The Construction Leadership Council has published new guidelines for submitting Gateway 2 applications as delays reach nine months.
The introduction will aim to speed up the application process after the government took control of the Building Safety Regulator from the Health and Safety Executive in a bid to tackle the backlog.
The new guidance from the CLC has been created with input from industry stakeholders and the BSR and will provide practical recommendations for developers to improve the quality of their submissions.
The CLC says that an application for Building Control Approval should provide quality, detailed information that clearly and comprehensively demonstrates how the design and construction of the Higher-Risk Building will comply with the Building Regulations 2010.
Karl Whiteman, Berkeley Group divisional chairman and industry sponsor for the CLC’s Building Safety Workstream, said: “The CLC has worked closely with the BSR and a broad range of leading technical experts from across the sector to develop robust and practical guidance for Gateway 2 applications.”
“This will help to improve the quality of submissions, ensure the regulator can approve them swiftly and consistently, and enable the sector to increase the delivery of safe and high-quality homes.”
Tim Galloway, deputy director of the Health and Safety Executive, said: “We’ve supported construction industry leaders to write guidance that speaks the industry’s language, to help improve the quality of the applications that are being submitted.”
“The guidance will help applicants demonstrate to themselves and BSR that their designs and plans will result in the safe, quality homes we all want.”
“Applications that clearly demonstrate compliance are approved faster, and everyone in BSR wants those designs and plans off the page and onto site as quickly as possible.”
