Remediation enforcement: guidance for regulators

Summary

This guidance is to support regulators - local authorities, fire and rescue services and the Building Safety Regulator - to enforce permanent remediation in the reformed building safety landscape.

Contents

• 1. Introduction

  The government has made funding available to ensure buildings with unsafe cladding can be remediated at pace. However, too many landlords are still failing to act quickly enough, preventing safety work from starting and damaging residents’ quality of life.

• 2. Principles for remediation enforcement

  This chapter sets out guiding principles for regulators in the context of remediation of multi-occupied residential buildings.

• 3. Roles of regulators in enforcing permanent remediation

  This chapter sets out the good practice approach that regulators are encouraged to take to enforce permanent remediation.

• 4. Principles for agreeing a lead regulator

  This chapter sets out the good practice process for regulators to agree a lead regulator.

• 5. Annex A: Regulatory regimes

  This section summarises regimes for building safety.

• 6. Annex B: Funding remediation

  All multi-occupied residential buildings above 11 metres in England have a funding pathway to address unsafe cladding through a government programme.

• 7. Annex C: Considerations for determining a lead regulator

  This information is provided to support regulators to understand which legislative regime(s) may be best equipped to deal with different enforcement cases.

• 8. Annex D: Considerations for enforcing remediation in non-emergency scenarios

  Regulators decide what enforcement action to take on a case-by-case basis. Regulators may wish to have regard for the considerations in this annex, when determining what action may be appropriate and proportionate in a specific case.

• 9. Annex E: Remediation enforcement considerations in complex scenarios

  This annex outlines complex enforcement scenarios that regulators may have to navigate, with advice on how to approach these cases.

• 10. Annex F: Other relevant guidance

  A list of other relevant guidance.