The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) made a record number of Gateway 2 decisions in the last three months of 2025, new statistics show.
According to the figures, published on 22 December, it is likely that more than 700 decisions were made in this period. This marks an increase of more than 250% compared with the first quarter of 2025, when a little more than 200 decisions were made.
Gateway 2 is the planning approvals checkpoint for ensuring all safety-critical elements are fully designed and approved before physical work can begin on higher-risk buildings.
The surge in decisions at this stage has helped to reduce the number of live applications from 1,219 to 1,158 over the past 12 weeks. This downward trend can also be seen in London, where live cases fell from 791 to 740 over the same period.
More than two-thirds (69%) of the Gateway 2 decisions related to London cases, with 503 approvals for the capital in the last quarter of 2025.
Charlie Pugsley, chief executive officer of the BSR, said the statistics show that the positive results from recently introduced operational changes are ‘now firmly established across BSR and show a clear path to continued success’.
