The Building Safety Levy: consultation
Applies to England
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A response to the consultation on the building safety levy, which sought views on the design and implementation of the levy.
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 public consultation on the Building Safety Levy which ran from 22 November 2022 to 7 February 2023. The consultation document posed a series of questions covering the following areas:
- Scope: which new residential developments would be in scope of the levy and who would be required to pay it.
- Exemptions: what new residential developments would be excluded from the levy.
- Options for how the levy will be charged and the basis for how government will calculate it.
- Protections for small and medium sized entities.
- Delivery and collection options: including local authorities (LAs) acting as collection agents on behalf of government, a suggested process and sanctions.
The government has now published its response to that consultation.
On 23 January 2024, the government launched a further technical consultation on the Building Safety Levy. This consultation asks for views on the methodology for calculating the levy, the collection process, disputes and appeals, and further exemptions. The consultation will close on 20 February 2024.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation seeks views on the design and implementation of the Building Safety Levy. The Levy will be paid by developers and charged on new residential buildings requiring building control approval in England, for the purpose of meeting building safety expenditure.
The levy was announced in February 2021 and will ensure the taxpayer and leaseholders do not pay for the necessary remediation of building safety defects.
The consultation covers the following areas:
- Overview and update
- Exclusions
- Supportive measures
- Impact on industry
- Sanctions and incentives
- Appeals
Documents
Updates to this page
Published 22 November 2022Last updated 23 January 2024 + show all updates
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Added summary of responses and government response to the consultation.
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First published.