Developers must sign new contract agreeing to pay for fire-safety improvements across England by March.
09 Feb 2023, 2 min read
On 30th January, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) wrote to developers requiring them to sign legally binding contracts that commit them to pay to repair unsafe buildings.
The “Developer remediation contract” (Self Remediation Terms and Deed of Bilateral Contract) must be signed no later than 13 March 2023, and DLUHC must be informed about timeline for deciding to sign and legal process by Friday 10 February.
Once signed, the contract will require developers to:
- take responsibility for all necessary work to address life-critical fire-safety defects arising from design and construction of buildings 11 metres and over in height that they developed or refurbished over the last 30 years in England.
- Keep residents in those buildings informed on progress towards meeting this commitment.
- Reimburse taxpayers for funding spent on remediating their buildings
DLUHC is intending to introduce secondary legislation in Spring under the Building Safety Act 2023 called the Responsible Actors Scheme (RAS). De
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