Viridis Living has secured Gateway 2 approval for the delivery of new student accommodation at the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield Campus.

Are the building safety regime and the housing minister’s mantra of ‘build, baby, build’ at odds? They don’t have to be, argues Allan Binns.

The government minister in charge of building safety gave her full confidence in the new leadership of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to work more closely with the industry and clear the backlog of Gateway 2 applications by the end of the year.