News and communications

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has won a landmark legal challenge against freeholder Grey GR.

• Updated: 9 May 2024

An exchange of letters between the Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety and the Health and Safety Executive as Building Safety Regulator regarding spray foam insulation research.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

New requirements will be brought forward for single sex toilet facilities in new non-domestic buildings to alleviate safety, privacy and dignity concerns.   

• Updated: 6 May 2024

An open letter from the Housing Minister and the Director of Building Safety regarding charges associated with managing safety in high rise buildings.

• Updated: 17 April 2024

This circular draws attention to the publication of Approved Document B (fire safety) 2024 amendments.

• Updated: 29 March 2024

This circular letter draws attention to the building control process for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to building regulations.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

Minister Lee Rowley met council chiefs to discuss action against building owners who are failing to fix medium and high-rise buildings with safety issues

• Updated: 20 February 2024

Government pledge promises to stop a practice that is driving up buildings insurance premiums for leaseholders in buildings with identified fire safety issues

• Updated: 30 October 2023

Government confirms measures to reverse the rise of gender-neutral toilets as part of wider efforts to protect single sex spaces.

• Updated: 13 August 2023

Cladding Safety Scheme opens to give thousands more buildings access to government funding to fix dangerous cladding for the first time.

• Updated: 26 July 2023

This circular and accompanying letter draw attention to the publication of the Building etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023.

• Updated: 12 May 2023

Housing Secretary warns cladding shareholders of “severe consequences” for manufacturers if they do not bring forward comprehensive remediation package.

• Updated: 20 April 2023

This circular letter informs all building control bodies of the publication of the Building Safety Regulator’s Operational Standards Rules.

• Updated: 3 April 2023

New rules are being proposed to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings over 30m.

• Updated: 23 December 2022

More than £8 million allocated to dedicated council enforcement teams to pursue building owners dragging their heels

• Updated: 9 December 2022

This circular letter informs of corrections to Approved Document B and circular 02/2022.

• Updated: 30 November 2022

Developers will be expected to pay levy on new residential buildings meaning they, rather than leaseholders, will pay to fix unsafe buildings.

• Updated: 22 November 2022

The Health and Safety Executive is working to establish the Building Safety Regulator in line with the Building Safety Act.

• Updated: 14 November 2022

This circular and accompanying letter draw attention to the publication of The Building etc. (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 and Approved Document R volumes 1 and 2.

• Updated: 4 October 2022

This circular draws attention to the publication of Approved Document J 2022 amendments.

• Updated: 30 September 2022