The move is the latest bid to speed-up the process after the government stepped in to take direct control of the Building Safety Regulator last month.

The latest CLC guidance has been produced in collaboration with industry stakeholders and the Building Safety Regulator and includes practical recommendations to improve submissions.

Karl Whiteman, Berkeley Group Divisional Chairman and Industry Sponsor for the CLC’s Building Safety Workstream, said: “The CLC has worked closely with the BSR and a broad range of leading technical experts from across the sector to develop robust and practical guidance for Gateway 2 applications.

“This will help to improve the quality of submissions, ensure the regulator can approve them swiftly and consistently, and enable the sector to increase the delivery of safe and high-quality homes.”

Tim Galloway, Deputy Director, Health and Safety Executive, said: “We’ve supported construction industry leaders to write guidance, that speaks industry’s language, to help improve the quality of the applications that are being submitted.

“The guidance will help applicants demonstrate to themselves and BSR that their designs and plans will result in the safe, quality homes we all want.

“Applications that clearly demonstrate compliance are approved faster, and everyone in BSR wants those designs and plans off the page and onto site as quickly as possible.”

The guidance is available to download here.