All Cladding articles – Page 4
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NewsEnforcement taken by government on high rises not removing ACM cladding
In the latest report on cladding removal by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), the government has said that it has taken, or is set to enforce action on 15 high rise residential buildings that are fitted with ACM cladding.
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NewsGovernment delays Grenfell Tower decision for second time
The government has again postponed revealing plans for the future of Grenfell Tower, which was destroyed by a fire that killed 72 people in June 2017.
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NewsGovernment fails to hit target on ACM cladding
‘Ambitious’ target to remove 95% of ACM cladding by end of 2021 has been missed.
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NewsGove warns housebuilders remediation pledges ‘falls short’ of expectations
The secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has written to the Home Builders Federation (HBF) to warn it that the proposals that have so far been put forth by housebuilders to address the issue of remediating tall buildings with dangerous cladding “falls short” of what the government ...
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NewsIndustry slams Gove’s ‘unfair’ cladding removal measures
Experts note a ‘disconnect between government and industry’ and say freeholders will suffer unnecessarily.
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InsightGove vague on plans to hold foreign firms to account over cladding
Housing secretary Michael Gove has refused to explain how the government will make foreign companies pay to remediate unsafe cladding on high rise buildings.
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NewsNew building safety plans ‘ring alarm bells’
Senior industry figures have slammed the government’s “frightening” plans to punish non-compliant developers that do not voluntarily pay for the removal of dangerous cladding.
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NewsNon-cladding-complying developers to be ‘blocked’ from market
Housebuilders and housing developers could be blocked from planning permission on future schemes if they do not pay for the removal of dangerous cladding.
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OnlineThe cladding burden should be shared
Editor: When no one can be held responsible, everyone must be held accountable.
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NewsCladding tax criticised by residential experts
RPDT fails to ‘spread the burden’ between UK-based and foreign developers.
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ProfessionalCladding remediation plans slammed for lack of substance
Critics say immediate work must be done on buildings with dangerous cladding to prevent another Grenfell.
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InsightWhat is cladding levy rationale?
There is a similar sense of politicians grasping at straws when you compare Australia’s attempts to deport Novak Djokovic and Michael Gove’s threat to make developers pay £4bn for recladding mid-rise housing blocks. Maybe the housing secretary formulated some of the policy while stuck in a BBC lift for half ...
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NewsGovernment could take 400 years to fix cladding crisis
The government is predicted to take almost 400 years to fix the UK’s buildings affected by unsafe cladding, if the current pace continues.
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NewsDevelopers carry the cladding can
We all knew it was coming. The answer to the thorny question over who should pay to remove unsafe cladding from residential blocks in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy was never the leaseholders.
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News‘Cheap shot to blame us for cladding crisis’
The government has been accused of “cheap shots” and “arse-covering” after asking developers to fork out up to £4bn to help remove unsafe cladding from blocks of flats.
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NewsIndustry gives mixed response to new government cladding removal plans
The property industry has reacted with a mix of praise, scepticism and criticism to the government’s plan to ask developers to cover up to £4bn in costs to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings.
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OnlineGovernment may use ‘legal means’ or tax levy to force developers to pay up to £4bn on cladding removal
The Government is set to ask developers to cover up to £4bn of cost to ensure more flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings.
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NewsIndustry slow to act on fire safety, experts say
Heads of safety reviews warn MPs many firms do not recognise severity of issue.
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NewsBidX1 sells ‘umortgageable’ cladding-affected Putney flat
Penthouse sold for £651,000, 20% lower than its price tag in the private treaty market, at November sale.
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ProfessionalRPDT won’t solve cladding crisis
Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a Residential Property Developer Tax in his autumn Budget. The tax will be introduced from April 2022 and will form a targeted levy enforced at a rate of 4% on profits over £25m a year that arise from residential property development.
