The government has fired the starting gun and developers and owners are now racing to complete the remediation of high-rise buildings (HRBs) with combustible cladding before the end of 2029. Every building above 11 metres with unsafe cladding must either have been remediated by then, or have a date set for its completion. Otherwise the landlords will be liable for severe penalties.

The government is now firmly pushing self-remediation by those developers who signed up to the “developer pledge” under the previous regime, as well as providing additional funding for those works not covered. It has also changed the course and the rules for those in the race, making the latest expectations of investors and developers even higher than they were prior to the implementation of the Building Safety Act (BSA).