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 ending on 4 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 1629 November 2023, 5253 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. Abbey Developments Limited
2. Allison Homes Group Limited
3. Ballymore Limited
4. Barratt Developments PLC
5. Bellway PLC
6. Bewley Group Limited
7. Bloor Investments Limited
8. Broadthorpe Limited (parent company for William Davis Homes)
9. Cala Group (Holdings) Limited
10. Canary Wharf Group PLC
11. C.G. Fry and Son Limited
12. Churchill Retirement PLC
13. Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC
14. Croudace Homes Group Limited
15. Dandara Living Holdings Limited
16. Emerson Developments (Holdings) Limited (parent company for Jones Homes)
17. Fairview Holdings Limited
18. Frasers Property (UK) Ltd
19. Galliard Group Limited
20. Grosvenor Group Limited
21. Hill Holdings Limited
22. Hopkins Home Group Limited
23. Inland Homes PLC
24. Jelson Holdings Limited
25. Keepmoat Limited
26. Land Securities Group PLC
27. Lendlease Europe Holdings Limited
28. Lifestory Holdings Limited (also covers Anthology Group)
29. London Square Development (Holdings) Limited
30. McCarthy & Stone Limited
31. Miller Homes Limited
32. MJ Gleeson PLC
33. Morgan Sindall Group PLC (parent company for Lovell and Muse)
34. Morris Homes Group Limited
35. Persimmon Public Limited Company
36. Redrow PLC
37. Regal Holdco Limited (parent company for Regal London)
38. Rowland Group Limited
39. Rydon Group Holdings Limited
40. Seven Capital PLC
41. Sorbon Group Limited (parent company for Shanly Homes)
42. St Modwen Group Holdings Company Limited
43. Story Homes Limited
44. Strata Homes Group Limited
45. Taylor Wimpey PLC
46. Telford Homes Limited
47. The Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
48. The British Land Company PLC
49. Tilia Homes Limited
50. Vistry Group PLC
51. Viva Midco Limited (parent company for Avant Homes)
52. Wates Group Limited
53. 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

Responsible Actors Scheme

On 3 July 2023, regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme for residential developers under sections 126-129 of the Building Safety Act 2022 were signed into law. On 21 July 2023, government launched the Responsible Actors Scheme.

The Scheme will recognise action taken by responsible developers to identify and remediate or pay to remediate life-critical fire safety defects in residential buildings 11 metres or over in height which they developed or refurbished in England over the 30 years to 4 April 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.