Building Safety Fund Objective
The objectives of the Building Safety Fund are that:
Please note, for applications regarding buildings outside of London (any building for which the Local Authority is not one of the 32 London Boroughs), you are requested to apply to the Cladding Safety Scheme, being delivered by Homes England. The Building Safety Fund will no longer accept applications for buildings outside of London.
Please visit this page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cladding-safety-scheme to begin your application.
If you are unsure of the Local Authority for your building, you can use this tool. https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
Please refer to the following guidance document where you will find more information about the fund here
If you have started remediation work (removal and replacement of cladding) on your building on or after 11 March 2020 (but before 28th July 2022), and not completed, you will need to follow the Building Safety Fund for addressing life safety fire risks associated with cladding in high rise buildings (England only): Fund application guidance for buildings registered in 2020. You will need to provide a surveyor’s report such as an intrusive survey, facade or external wall report and as-built drawings (which includes the building height and the cladding materials) confirming the existence of cladding as set out in the guidance.
If you do not have the above documents and materials have since been removed, you may also provide a signed statement from a surveyor stating that the materials were definitively on the building. You will not be required to provide a Fire Risk Appraisal of External Wall construction (FRAEW) done to PAS 9980:2022 methodology.
In all other cases, to be eligible for funding, buildings must comply with the following criteria:
Please note:
The department will write to Applicants where the original developer of their building has signed the Developer’s Pledge. This will include confirming where a developer has agreed to fund the necessary remediation and/or mitigation works on the building.
The applicant will be required to demonstrate that it has taken all reasonable steps to recover the costs of addressing the fire safety risk caused by the cladding from those responsible through insurance claims, warranties, legal action etc.
The applicant will be required to provide the evidence to support its application
You will need the following information in order to complete the application form:
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The closing date that appears at the top of this page refers to the date that this system is being reviewed and not the date the Fund will close. The date the Fund will close to new applications will be published in due course with reasonable notice.
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