04 Jun 2026

New and updated CLC HRB Building Safety guidance

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published two new guidance notes on the Fire and Emergency File and the Building Regulations Compliance Statement for Building Control approval applications for new Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs).

Both new guidance notes provide key information on the preparation, content and management of the key accompanying documents for a HRB Building Control Approval (Gateway 2) application and subsequent approved documents for a HRB Completion Certificate (Gateway 3) applications. The guidance notes are supported by an example of the structure and content of a Fire and Emergency File (FEF) and a sample extract of a Building Regulations Compliance Statement (BRCS).

This guidance builds on the CLC guidance suite updated on 18 December 2025, to support those submitting and assessing Building Control applications for a new HRB.

Read the new and updated CLC guidance here.

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