Building Safety Levy
The Building Safety Levy, provided for by section 58 of the BSA 2022, comes into force on 1 October 2026.
Report on Improving Building Safety
On 10 September 2026, the Government published its latest report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to improve building safety.
Remediation Progress Data
MHCLG’s monthly building safety remediation data releases have continued throughout the period, including data on the Developer Remediation Contract that underpins the Responsible Actors Scheme. The July 2026 release (the 105th such release, published 26 August 2026) reports that, as of March 2026, MHCLG’s best estimate is that between 5,900 and 7,400 residential buildings 11 metres and over in height in England have, or had, unsafe cladding requiring remediation. This is equivalent to 8-14% of the residential building stock of that height. Of these, an estimated 2,800-3,700 are 11-18m and 3,100-3,700 are 18m+. As of the end of July 2026, MHCLG was actively monitoring the remediation progress of 4,697 of these buildings (64-81% of the estimated range), of which 1,833 (39%) had completed remediation, 718 (15%) had remediation underway, and 2,146 (46%) had not yet started.1
Single Construction Regulator
On 9 July 2026, the Government published its response to the Single Construction Regulator (SCR) consultation. It confirmed that the SCR will be built on the existing Building Safety Regulator (BSR), that primary legislation will be brought forward to establish it (subject to parliamentary time, with implementation expected to begin from 2028), and that the Government is ‘carefully considering’ commencing sections 144 and 145 of the BSA 2022 – which would require new-build homes to be sold with a warranty meeting minimum standards, including insurer backing, enforceable redress timelines, plain English terms and transferability to future buyers.2
Construction Products Reform: The General Safety Requirement
On 25 February 2026, the Government published its Construction Products Reform White Paper which set out its proposal to require all products to be properly assessed/regulated before being used in the building process by a “general safety requirement” (GSR).3 The Government’s current intention is to introduce the GSR by construction products regulations by the end of 2026 and to bring them into force in late 2027.4
1 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release – July 2026 (published 26 August 2026) www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-july-2026.
2 GOV.UK, ‘Single construction regulator prospectus: government response’ (updated 9 July 2026), sections 1, 5 and 6 (single regulator, timing and implementation) and section 4 (Building Safety Act warranty power) www.gov.uk/government/consultations/single-construction-regulator-prospectus/outcome/single-construction-regulator-prospectus-government-response.
3 GOV.UK, ‘Construction Products Reform White Paper’ (consultation, 25 February to 20 May 2026) www.gov.uk/government/consultations/construction-products-reform-white-paper.
4 GOV.UK, ‘Consultation on the General Safety Requirement for Construction Products’ (25 February to 20 May 2026), para 1.8, confirming regulations are intended to be introduced by end of 2026 and in force in late 2027 www.gov.uk/government/consultations/general-safety-requirement-for-construction-products/consultation-on-the-general-safety-requirement-for-construction-products.
