Developer remediation contract

The government wrote to major housebuilders and other large developers on 30 January 2023 saying that it expected them to sign the developer remediation contract by 13 March 2023.

Once signed, the contract requires developers to:

• Take responsibility for all necessary work to address life-critical fire-safety defects arising from the design and construction of buildings 11 metres and over in height that they developed or refurbished in England over the 30 years prior to 5 April 2022.
• Keep residents in those buildings informed about progress towards meeting this commitment.
• Reimburse taxpayers for funding spent on remediating their buildings.

These requirements reflect a public pledge signed by 49 developers last year. Once signed, the contract makes the pledge commitments legally binding.

As of 2518 AprilMay 2023, 4648 developers have signed the contract.

Four developers who signed the pledge were subsequently found not to have developed buildings within the scope of the contract. Those developers have therefore not been required to sign the contract at this stage. They may be asked to sign the contract in future if information emerges indicating that they did in fact develop buildings which are in scope.

The government has made clear that eligible developers who refuse to sign the contract or fail to comply with its terms face significant consequences.

Developers who have signed the contract:

1. Allison Homes Group Limited
2. Ballymore Limited
3. Barratt Developments PLC
4. Bellway PLC
5. Bewley Group Limited
6. Bloor Investments Limited
7. Broadthorpe Limited (parent company for William Davis Homes)
8. Cala Group (Holdings) Limited
9. Canary Wharf Group PLC
10. C.G. Fry and Son Limited
11. Churchill Retirement PLC
12. Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC
13. Croudace Homes Group Limited
14. Emerson Developments (Holdings) Limited (parent company for Jones Homes)
15. Fairview Holdings Limited
16. Frasers Property (UK) Ltd
17. Galliard Group Limited
18. Grosvenor Group Limited
19. Hill Holdings Limited
20. Hopkins Home Group Limited
21. Inland Homes PLC
22. Jelson Holdings Limited
23. Keepmoat Limited
24. Land Securities Group PLC
25. Lendlease Europe Holdings Limited
26. Lifestory Holdings Limited (also covers Anthology Group)
27. London Square Development (Holdings) Limited
28. McCarthy & Stone Limited
29. Miller Homes Limited
30. MJ Gleeson PLC
31. Morgan Sindall Group PLC (parent company for Lovell and Muse)
32. Morris Homes Group Limited
33. Persimmon Public Limited Company
34. Redrow PLC
35. Regal Holdco Limited (parent company for Regal London)
36. Rowland Group Limited
36.37. Sorbon Group Limited (parent company for Shanly Homes)
37.38. St Modwen Group Holdings Company Limited
38.39. Story Homes Limited
39.40. Strata Homes Group Limited
40.41. Taylor Wimpey PLC
41.42. Telford Homes Limited
42.43. The Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
43.44. The British Land Company PLC
44.45. Tilia Homes Limited
45.46. Vistry Group PLC
46.47. Viva Midco Limited (parent company for Avant Homes)
47.48. Weston Group PLC

The list of signatories will be kept up to date.

Developers who signed the pledge but were subsequently found not to have developed buildings which are within its scope:

1. Davidsons
2. MacTaggart & Mickel
3. Robertson
4. Wain Homes

Developers who have yet to sign the contract:

1. Abbey Developments
2. Dandara
3. Rydon Homes

On 25 April 2023, the government laid draft affirmative regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme for developers under sections 126-129 of the Building Safety Act 2022.

The Scheme requires as a condition of membership that eligible developers enter into a contract with the Secretary of State containing the self-remediation terms as published on 16 March 2023.

Those terms appear on this page (PDF, 2.01 MB). They include corrections to minor errata in a superseded version of the developer remediation contract which was published on 30 January 2023. The self-remediation terms as at 16 March 2023, to which the draft Regulations refer, are final and not subject to further change.