Guidance

Submitting operational standards rules data

Spreadsheets that registered building control approvers in England and Wales, and local authorities in England should use to submit data to the Building Safety Regulator.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Registered building control approver quarterly data return

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Registered building control approver annual data return

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Local authority quarterly data return

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Local authority annual data return

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Details

Building control bodies (BCBs) must submit data to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to show they are meeting the operational standards rules and monitoring arrangements.

BCBs that must submit data to BSR are:

  • local authorities in England
  • registered building control approvers (RBCAs) in England and Wales

BSR uses the data to check if the BCB is:

  • operating efficiently and effectively
  • appropriately targeting its resources
  • making sure dutyholders comply with the Building Regulations 2010

Data that must be submitted by:

Deadlines for submitting data

Quarterly returns

Quarters Deadline for return
1 April to 30 June 31 July
1 July to 30 September 31 October
1 October to 31 December 31 January
1 January to 31 March 31 April

Annual returns

Annual return period Deadline for return
1 April to 31 March 30 April the following financial year

For example, if the annual return period is 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 then the deadline for return is 30 April 2026.

Submitting your data to BSR

Download the spreadsheet you need and save it as an .xlsx file to your computer. 

Enter your data into the spreadsheet, then save your changes.

Email the spreadsheet to bsr-bcb-returns@hse.gov.uk. Do not send your email with more than one spreadsheet attached, it will be rejected.

The email address that you use to submit should be previously validated by BSR. If BSR receives the spreadsheet from an unknown address, it will be rejected.

If you need to add, change or remove a validated email address, you should contact BSR.

After you have emailed the spreadsheet

BSR will send you an email to confirm they have received the spreadsheet. They will contact you if they need more information, or if the spreadsheet has been rejected because it:

  • is not in an Excel (.xlsx) format
  • contains data in the wrong format
  • contains empty cells where data is required

Get help submitting your return

You can contact BSR if you need help submitting your quarterly or annual data returns.

Updates to this page

Published 25 October 2024

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