Open consultation

General Safety Requirement for Construction Products

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Published: 25 February 2026

Summary

We are seeking views on proposals to introduce a general safety requirement (GSR) for construction products that are not regulated.

This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 20 May 2026

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on our proposal to introduce a general safety requirement (GSR) for currently unregulated construction products. 

Regulations will require that construction products placed on the market are safe and will place specific obligations on businesses. The regulations will also provide enforcement powers to the national regulator for construction products.

We are also consulting on the Construction Products Reform White Paper.

Documents

Consultation on the General Safety Requirement for Construction Products

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6204-8, CP 1516

PDF, 467 KB, 52 pages

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Consultation on the General Safety Requirement for Construction Products

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6204-8, CP 1516

HTML

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Consultation stage impact assessment

PDF, 605 KB, 58 pages

Ways to respond

Respond online

or

Email to:

ConstructionProducts@communities.gov.uk

Write to:

Consultation on the General Safety Requirement,
MHCLG,
Floor 3,
Fry Building,
2 Marsham Street (Mail point B17),
London,
SW1P 4DF

Published 25 February 2026