Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many building control applications received by the Building Safety Regulator were withdrawn at the applicant’s request in each month between October 2023 and April 2025.
The Department and the Building Safety Regulator recognise the value to the sector in providing performance data. From this quarter, BSR will be publishing quarterly data demonstrating the volumes of applications received, recorded outcomes and decision times for determination.
The table below shows:
Year / month | Rejection | Withdrawn | Total Received |
2023 | 3 | 6 | 69 |
October | 0 | 3 | 10 |
November | 0 | 1 | 24 |
December | 3 | 2 | 35 |
2024 | 175 | 124 | 1525 |
January | 4 | 11 | 67 |
February | 4 | 7 | 83 |
March | 9 | 10 | 102 |
April | 9 | 13 | 115 |
May | 17 | 8 | 135 |
June | 19 | 8 | 141 |
July | 15 | 17 | 136 |
August | 21 | 5 | 113 |
September | 25 | 11 | 148 |
October | 23 | 24 | 174 |
November | 12 | 5 | 150 |
December | 17 | 5 | 161 |
2025 | 30 | 11 | 615 |
January | 15 | 5 | 146 |
February | 9 | 3 | 174 |
March | 4 | 1 | 178 |
April | 2 | 2 | 117 |
Total | 208 | 141 | 2209 |