BSR gateway 2 approvals rise to 71%
Lewis Tyler
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The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) made 323 gateway 2 decisions in the 12 weeks to 1 May 2026, with 71% of applications approved, according to its latest building control update.
Of all decisions made during the period, 62% related to London projects.
Applications covering 17,046 residential units were determined during the 12-week period, including approvals for 12,299 housing units. BSR said 36,984 units remain in live cases.
The regulator also reported receiving new applications covering up to 17,626 residential units over the same period.
BSR’s Innovation Unit, which manages more complex higher-risk building applications, made 33 decisions in the 12 weeks to 1 May, approving 24 applications, equivalent to a 73% approval rate.
Fourteen of those approvals were for London projects. BSR said all 14 Innovation Unit decisions in London during the period were approved.
The regulator said all-time Innovation Unit approvals now total 33, with a median approval time of 22 weeks. The unit is currently handling 143 live applications representing 27,900 residential units.
Gateway 2 approvals continue to rise
BSR also published updated figures on remediation applications. The number of legacy remediation cases submitted in 2024 has fallen to 20, down from 42 at the start of 2026, with a further 12 applications expected to be determined by mid-May.
The regulator said remediation approval rates are nearing its 2026 target of 65%.
Under BSR’s batching process, where applications are grouped for external assessment, the median time from a case being issued to a supplier to a full assessment being returned was four weeks across new build, remediation and refurbishment categories.
The regulator said 254 new build cases, 408 remediation cases and 758 refurbishment cases have been issued through batching so far.
Median times from issue to supplier through to decision were nine weeks for new build cases, 10 weeks for remediation cases and 11 weeks for refurbishment cases.
BSR said the number of long-term legacy cases has been reduced to eight, which are being managed separately as complex cases.
Transitional cases have risen to 43 after BSR took over higher-risk building projects previously managed by Assent Building Control following the company’s closure in November 2025.
Charlie Pugsley, acting chief executive officer of BSR, said the regulator was continuing to process new build and remediation applications while maintaining building safety requirements.