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Your HRB is registered. But is it still registered correctly? And can the right people still manage it? Almost three years on from the October 2023 deadline for registering existing Higher-Risk Buildings, a lot may have changed. Buildings have changed. People have changed. Responsibilities have changed. And the register itself hasn’t stood still. By August 2025, 13,075 Higher-Risk Buildings were registered with the BSR. That’s a lot of buildings, and a lot of information that

Building control approval is a statutory requirement for certain building work on higher-risk buildings (HRBs), under the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023. These regulations, together with the Building Safety Act 2022, the Building Act 1984 and the Building Regulations 2010, form the regulatory framework governing building control for higher-risk buildings in England. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), acting through the Building Safe

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has announced plans to introduce a more proportionate and targeted approach to Building Assessment Certificates (BACs) for occupied higher-risk buildings (HRBs). The announcement follows the first two years of the BAC process and some fairly striking statistics. Since April 2024, the BSR has directed Principal Accountable Persons (PAPs) to apply for certificates for almost 2,000 buildings. However, assessment processing times are currently