Building Safety Levy: technical consultation
Applies to England
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
The Building Safety Levy will ensure developers contribute to fixing unsafe buildings, protecting leaseholders and taxpayers from remediation costs. This document summarises the feedback from the second technical consultation on the levy and provides the government’s responses. Feedback from the first consultation was used to develop the proposals outlined in the second technical consultation, which provided a greater level of detail on the operation of the levy, covering the following areas:
- methodology for levy calculation
- the collection process
- disputes and appeals
- further exclusions
- public sector equality duty
The levy will be implemented in Autumn 2026, giving local authorities and developers time to prepare. It is part of the government’s broader effort to improve building safety and prevent future tragedies.
The levy rates for each local authority are also published in Annex A of the government’s consultation response.
Original consultation
Consultation description
The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced powers to impose a levy on certain new residential buildings in England, to raise revenue to be spent on building safety.
The government carried out a consultation on the levy which closed on 7 February 2023. The results of that consultation have been published online. Feedback from that consultation was used to develop the proposals outlined in this consultation, which provides a greater level of detail on the operation of the levy. This consultation covers
- methodology for levy calculation
- the collection process
- disputes and appeals
- further exclusions
Documents
Updates to this page
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Building Safety Levy: Technical consultation response added
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First published.