Following Grenfell, Dame Judith Hackitt calls for urgent reform in building control, emphasising competence, collaboration, and culture. With only 4,049 professionals registered and a skills bottleneck emerging, local authorities face rising workloads and recruitment challenges. Gateway One demands early safety input, yet cultural change remains slow. Hackitt urges the sector to lead, not follow, and to reframe building control as a vital public safety profession. The time to
