November 6, 2023
BSR register of high-rise buildings represents major momentum for building safety
From our colleagues at Barbour EHS.
The Building Safety Regulator’s new regulatory regime has moved further ahead in its vital registration programme of in-scope high-rise residential buildings, that are at least 18 metres or seven storeys tall, with two or more residential units.
Building registration is a major step in a package of measures to ensure high-rise residential buildings are safe for residents and users. The registration information provided by dutyholders will be used by the BSR to help it prioritise buildings for the building assessment certificate process from April 2024.
Principal Accountable Persons (PAP’s) were given until the 1 October 2023 to register all high-rise residential buildings in England. It is now an offence to allow residents to occupy an unregistered building.
Chris Griffin-McTiernan, Deputy Chief Inspector of Buildings at BSR, said:
“We are encouraged to see that since the HRB registration service opened in April, the majority of Principal Accountable Persons (PAP’s) have recognised their mandatory registration obligations. When the registration deadline was reached on 1 October, over 13,000 applications had been started.
“We are now urgently reminding the minority of dutyholders who have missed the deadline for completing their registration application, that they could now face significant sanctions, including prosecution. Please respond to your legal duty – act now and register to avoid action being taken against you.”
HSE
October 2023
Our Comment
Now that the registration deadline has passed, the Principal Accountable Persons are now turning to the Building Safety Case Reports which are required for these high rise buildings – which William Martin is able to provide support and guidance on.
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