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The Government has published a guide for residents on the Building Safety Fund (BSF).
The BSF provides funding to fix life safety fire risks associated with cladding in buildings over 18 metres high, and the new process guide outlines the main stages in the BSF process. It also provides indicative timeframes for each stage, from application to works completed.
Read the BSF guide which explains the process here
- Building Remediation
- Building Safety Fund (18m+)
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On 13th January 2024, new Regulations (the sixth commencement regulations made under the Building Safety Act 2022) have now brought into force various sections in Part 4 of the Act, as of 16th January 2024.
Sections now enacted include:
- Sections 79 to 82 which impose requirements with regard to registration of occupied higher-risk buildings and obtaining and displaying a building assessment certificate for such a building;
- Sections 83 to 86 which impose duties with regard to assessing and managing building safety risks, the safety case report and its provision to the regulator;
- Sections 87, 88 and 90 which impose and are in relation to duties to report certain safety information, keeping prescribed information and documents for higher-risk buildings and for sharing that information and documents with various interested parties;
- Sections 91 to 94 which impose requirements in relation to a resident engagement strategy for a higher-risk building, requests by residents for further information or documents about their building, and the complaints procedures to be operated by the principal accountable person and the building safety regulator;
- Sections 95 to 97 which impose duties on residents and provide for contravention notices when those duties are breached and for access to residential units;
- Sections 98 to 101 which impose requirements in relation to enforcement by the regulator;
- Section 102 (and the accompanying Schedule 7) which creates the special measures regime, an enforcement tool of last resort; and;
- Section 111 which makes provisions in relation to articles of associations of resident management companies.
- Building Safety Act
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The HSE has confirmed that PAPs can now self-serve changes to already submitted applications in the registration portal.
If you’ve already submitted an application to register a high-rise residential building (HRB) and need to amend the registration or key buildings information you have provided, you can now do this directly in the registration portal.
If your application has been submitted you have 14 days to inform BSR of changes to your registration information and 28 days for any changes to your key building information.
The guidance on applying to register a HRB has also been updated.
You can find other useful information on the registration process and using the service portal on our Building Safety campaign website.
- Building Safety Regulator
- Registration & KBI
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Government has published two updates to the Cladding Safety scheme (formerly the Medium Rise scheme). The updates:
Add information which states that FRAEWs must be provided by a Fire Risk Assessor from the Homes England accredited panel.
Amend the overview under Eligibility: building height, and social sector applicants: financial viability applications.
Make amendments to the paragraphs on Applying for funding for the Cladding Safety Scheme under Submission and funding decision on your full works application.
For updated details on applying to this scheme click here.- Building Remediation
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The Responsible Actors Scheme, as detailed by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, will limit developers sanctioned under this scheme to building sites of fewer than 10 homes, barring them from major developments in England, it has been announced.
The scheme recognizes and acknowledges efforts made by responsible developers to rectify life-critical fire safety issues in residential blocks they developed or refurbished over the past 30 years, with those joining the scheme committing to remediating numerous buildings, with non-compliant developers facing planning and building control sanctions such as the one to ban developments over 10 homes. The guidelines outline requirements for prohibited developers, necessitating them to notify authorities about their status and limiting their ability to obtain planning permission and building control approval for major developments. Exceptions apply for certain situations, such as emergency repairs and critical infrastructure projects.
For the DLUHC Responsible Actors Scheme guide, please click here.
- Building Remediation
- Responsible Actors Scheme