{"id":295649,"date":"2025-12-02T22:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295649\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T22:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:34:13","slug":"were-finally-being-heard-project-team-hails-record-gateway-2-approval-milestone-on-london-new-build-scheme-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295649\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re finally being heard.\u2019 Project team hails record gateway 2 approval \u2018milestone\u2019 on London new build scheme | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 150-home co-living scheme in Hackney has been given gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator in 13 weeks \u2013 just one week longer than the BSR\u2019s original target time of three months.<\/p>\n

Morro, the sister brand of student living specialist Scape, said the news means its PH Plus-designed scheme on Kingsland Road, known as the Kline, is the fastest new build scheme to achieve gateway 2 approval under the Building Safety Act.<\/p>\n

The official target time for the gateway 2 applications for higher-risk buildings is 12 weeks.<\/p>\n

But the system has been plagued by delays and a slew of schemes have bust their intended deadlines. In October, BSR chairman Andy Roe told the Building the Future conference the average time that firms were waiting for gateway 2 approval across the UK currently stood at 43 weeks, while this number jumped to 48 weeks in London.<\/p>\n

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Morro said that HG Construction will now be able to start on site shortly, with the scheme having been given the planning green light from Hackney council earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Morro is real estate firm Meanwhile Group\u2019s co-living developer and operator brand and its founder Adam Brockley said: \u201cSecuring gateway 2 approval for Kingsland Road in record time is a significant moment of confidence for investors and developers, particularly in the build-to-rent sector, that want to continue to deliver new housing in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrong collaboration and communication between all parties and quality processes have been instrumental to reaching this milestone, which demonstrates a clear benchmark for navigating gateway 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Project manager on the scheme is Pareto Projects, whose managing director Kuli Bajwa added: \u201cWhen the new gateway regime was introduced, the industry faced significant delays but it\u2019s clear the BSR has now adopted a more responsive and collaborative approach and we feel we are finally being heard. This milestone shows what\u2019s possible when everyone works with clarity, discipline and a shared commitment to safety and quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others working on the scheme include\u00a0executive architect and\u00a0building regulations principal designer Veretec. Interior designer Ab Rogers Design is also on the job.<\/p>\n

Last week, the BSR said that nearly half of the live caseload for gateway 2 new build is being handled under its new model for deciding cases.<\/p>\n

The regulator introduced a new case-handling procedure, which it named its innovation unit, after the previous multi-disciplinary team model was blamed for long delays in building approvals.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 150-home co-living scheme in Hackney has been given gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-295649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}