Outsourced building safety compliance in Barnet
CTS provides fully-managed Building Safety Act compliance, run for you while you remain the Accountable Person for higher-risk buildings in Barnet - independent, client-side, and acting solely for the building owner.
Key facts
- Barnet's registered higher-risk building count is taken from the BSR register.
- Every occupied HRB must be registered with the Building Safety Regulator; operating an unregistered occupied HRB is a criminal offence.
- The golden thread duty has applied since 1 October 2023.
- Duties come from the Building Safety Act 2022 and the regulations made under it - notably the Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks) Regulations 2023 and the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023, alongside the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.
- CTS helps you achieve and maintain compliance: diagnostics, advisory, inspections & testing, remediation management and ongoing monitoring.
Outsourced building safety compliance in Barnet
Barnet has extensive high-rise residential regeneration around Brent Cross and Colindale.
Barnet's high-rise stock is growing through major regeneration at Brent Cross, Colindale and Grahame Park, alongside existing residential towers.
The local authority in Barnet is the London Borough of Barnet. For higher-risk buildings, however, building control and the register of occupied HRBs sit with the Building Safety Regulator, not the council - a change many Barnet owners and managing agents are still adjusting to.
As an independent, client-side advisor with no contractor or supplier affiliations, CTS provides fully-managed Building Safety Act compliance, run for you while you remain the Accountable Person, with findings recorded to a BSR-ready golden thread on the CTS BuildSafe platform.
The Building Safety Act cannot lift the legal duty from the Accountable Person - but it does not say you have to do the work yourself. CTS acts as your outsourced building safety team: we register your higher-risk buildings with the Building Safety Regulator, build and maintain the golden thread and Key Building Information, prepare and keep your safety case report current, run mandatory occurrence reporting and your resident engagement strategy, and schedule and track the full statutory inspection regime - all held and evidenced on the CTS BuildSafe platform. You remain the Accountable Person and keep full control and visibility; we do the day-to-day legwork and make sure it is defensible when the Regulator asks. It is the practical answer for freeholders, managing agents, RMC and RTM directors and registered providers who need the duty met without building an in-house building safety function.
- Brent Cross and Colindale towers
- Large regeneration pipeline
- Mixed-tenure high-rise stock
The remediation picture
As at 30 April 2026, 4,378 residential buildings 11m and over with unsafe cladding were being monitored in the government's remediation programmes across England - 55% had started or completed works and 35% were complete. Barnet sits within one of the largest concentrations of these buildings in the country.
Source: MHCLG Building Safety Remediation monthly data release, April 2026.
How CTS supports Barnet accountable persons
EWS1/FRAEW assessments are carried out by accredited specialists; CTS reviews the outputs and coordinates the right assessor. Gateway 2 and 3 submissions sit with the principal designer and contractor - CTS can advise but does not run them.
Barnet building safety - FAQs
Do I need to register my building in Barnet?
Yes. All occupied higher-risk buildings in England, including Barnet, must be registered with the Building Safety Regulator. Operating an unregistered occupied HRB is a criminal offence.
Building Safety Act or building safety regulations - which applies?
Both. The Building Safety Act 2022 is the framework; the day-to-day duties for higher-risk buildings sit in the regulations made under it, alongside the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. CTS works to all of them.
Does CTS act for the building owner or the contractor?
CTS is independent and client-side: we act solely for the building owner, with no contractor or supplier affiliations.
Who is the building control authority for higher-risk buildings in Barnet?
Since 1 October 2023 the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is the building control authority for higher-risk buildings across England, including Barnet. the London Borough of Barnet remains the local planning authority, but HRB building control and registration sit with the BSR.
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