1. Public registers
Details of registered building inspectors and registered building control approvers in England and Wales can now be found by searching BSR’s public registers.
All building inspectors and private sector businesses who carry out building control work in England and Wales must be registered with BSR.
The registration status of individuals or organisations, including the types of work they are registered to carry out, can be checked by anyone by searching the registers.
Registers for England:
Registers for Wales:
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2. Managing building control approval for higher-risk buildings
If you’ve received building control approval from BSR for higher-risk building work you can:
- make a change control application for major changes to the proposed work
- tell BSR about notifiable changes
When you make a change control application you must stop building works related to that change.
For a major change application, BSR must assess and approve it before the proposed work starts.
Work related to a notifiable change cannot start until after you inform BSR.
Find out how and when to make a change control application
3. Higher-risk building completion certificates
You can apply for a completion or partial completion certificate after higher-risk building work has been completed.
You will need both:
- the building control approval application reference
- access to the email address used for the original building control approval application
A building completion certificate is required to register a high-rise residential building.
Read the guidance on applying for building completion certificates
Our Your Home, Your Safety’ residents campaign aims to help raise awareness about the new building safety regime and the rights and responsibilities of those living in high-rise buildings in England.
During the first phase of the campaign we have focused on encouraging residents to visit our dedicated campaign page and to sign-up to a future newsletter for further information.
We want as many residents as possible to be aware of the changes so please share 'Your home, your safety' with your networks if you can.
Visit ‘Your home, your safety’
You can also hear from HSE’s Chair Sarah Newton on the importance of putting residents at the heart of our regulatory work.
Watch Sarah Newton's vlog
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HSE’s Director of Building Safety (DoBS) Philip White and Housing Minister Lee Rowley have written to building managers regarding charges associated with managing safety in high-rise buildings.
In an open letter, the DoBS and the Minister acknowledge recent concerns regarding the cost and type of safety case documentation, and the often unacceptably high charges being quoted and charged for services related to producing safety case reports.
Both the government and BSR expect service charges to be reasonable and proportionate, and communicated effectively to leaseholders.
Read the letter
Second staircases
Following publication of updated guidance calling for second staircases in all new tall residential buildings over 18 metres, Secretary of State, Michael Gove, made a statement to Parliament outlining the impact of the changes.
Read the statement
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