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Planning Gateway One (PGO) is driving a real shift in fire safety — right at the earliest stage of development. In just three years, fire safety objections at planning stage have fallen from 57% to 10%. That’s not a small change. It’s a sign the system is evolving. We’re seeing fire safety being considered much earlier in design, stronger and more consistent planning submissions, and more informed, constructive engagement between applicants and the regulator. This is exactly what Planning Gateway One was designed to do — influence decisions at the point where they have the greatest impact. The result is clearer: better early-stage thinking is helping to reduce risk, improve design quality, and support more predictable outcomes across the system. The message for industry is simple: treat Planning Gateway One as the start of the safety case — not a standalone step. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eWFb3WCe #FireSafety #BuildingSafety #DesignQuality #Planning #BuiltEnviroment #UKconstruction

Property Week hosted a roundtable entitled ‘The Building Safety Act: Smoothing the Way’ in partnership with Catalyst. Read the article here: https://ow.ly/TLf250Z33uf Participants included: Jess Oliver - Regional Director at Catalyst John Palmer, Operations Director at Building Safety Regulator Kevin McHugh, Senior Director at Construction at Greystar Penny Cameron, Managing Director at Vastint Gemma Whittaker, Partner and Co-head of Building Safety at Gowling WLG Justin Elcombe, Managing Director of Builders at Hollybrook Rebecca Crow, Development Director at Grainger plc Paul Miles, Group Construction Director at Fusion Group Nicada Drayton MRICS, Associate Director, Development Manager at Firethorn Trust Sara Davies BSc (Hons) MTPI AssocRICS, Director of Building Safety at Innovus Julian Davies MRICS, Founder and CEO at Earl Kendrick Property and Construction Consultancy Melanie Flaherty, Deputy Editor at Property Week Click here to view previous Property Week Client Solutions projects: https://lnkd.in/ewwQRSTS If you're interested in hosting a Roundtable or other thought leadership event please contact us via email: clientsolutions@propertyweek.com emap

Our newly established Remediation Enforcement Unit aims to support building owners in fixing known buildings faster, while proactively driving the pace of remediation on all HRBs across England. To unpack the unit’s role and help guide dutyholders through the regulatory landscape, we recently hosted a free in-depth webinar “An introduction to BSR’s Remediation Enforcement Unit.” The webinar provided a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the new remediation requirements, split between REU policy and practical building control processes. Find out more, watch the webinar and access the Q&As: https://lnkd.in/eqKMZkB5 #BuildingSafety #Remediation #BuiltEnvironment #BuildingControl #UKconstruction #BuildingSafetyRegulator

Are you a director of a Resident Management Company, part of a Right to Manage company or own a commonhold property in a high-rise building? Find out your Building Safety Act duties and access free resources here: https://lnkd.in/eAmPKzUm #BuildingSafety #ResidentManaged #RightToBuy #Commonhold #ResidentManagementCompanies #RMC

The Industry Competence Committee (ICC) has launched a new programme of work to strengthen competence across the UK’s retrofit sector. As retrofit delivery scales up under the Warm Homes Plan, ensuring consistent, safe and high-quality outcomes for homeowners and tenants is more important than ever. Working with industry experts, the Building Safety Regulator and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the ICC has convened a Task and Finish Group to develop competence frameworks for key professional retrofit roles under the PAS Retrofit Standards Framework. This work will support a more holistic approach to competence – ensuring PAS-compliant retrofit work is delivered by the right people, with the right skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours to do the job well. Informed by the Building Regulations dutyholder framework, the programme will drive clearer competence expectations for retrofit work and support: - fewer defects - reduced remediation costs, - compliant installations - improved consumer confidence. The ICC will work closely with industry to ensure these frameworks build on existing activity and can be effectively integrated into the wider regulatory landscape. Further engagement with the sector will follow as this work develops, with updates shared here and on the BSI Competence Hub. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eNSc6JAj

Our goal isn’t just safer high-rise buildings – it’s safer homes and stronger communities for residents across England. Find out more about our "Your Home, Your Safety" campaign: https://lnkd.in/e2qJTBTy #YourHomeYourSafety #HighRiseLiving #BuildingSafety #ResidentViews #ResidentVoices

Property Week hosted a roundtable entitled ‘The Building Safety Act: Smoothing the Way’ in partnership with Catalyst.   Read the article here: https://ow.ly/TLf250Z33uf   Participants included: Jess Oliver - Regional Director, Australia at Catalyst John Palmer, Operations Director at Building Safety Regulator Kevin McHugh, Senior Director at Construction at Greystar Penny Cameron, Managing Director at Vastint Gemma Whittaker, Partner and Co-head of Building Safety at Gowling WLG Justin Elcombe, Managing Director of Builders at Hollybrook Rebecca Crow, Development Director at Grainger plc Paul Miles, Group Construction Director at Fusion Group Nicada Drayton MRICS, Associate Director, Development Manager at Firethorn Trust Sara Davies BSc (Hons) MTPI AssocRICS, Director of Building Safety at Innovus Julian Davies MRICS, Founder and CEO at Earl Kendrick Property and Construction Consultancy Melanie Flaherty, Deputy Editor at Property Week Click here to view previous Property Week Client Solutions projects: https://lnkd.in/ewwQRSTS If you're interested in hosting a Roundtable or other thought leadership event please contact us via email: clientsolutions@propertyweek.com emap