Cladding Remediation Programme: Next Phase Plan of Action

3. Actions for the Next Phase (Autumn 2025 till March 2026)

The next phase of the Cladding Remediation Programme is focused on accelerating delivery across five core areas:

1) Continue to facilitate rapid expansion of SBAs across all housing sectors.

2) Accelerate mitigation measures where risks to life have been identified.

3) Initiate remediation pathways for buildings that have a completed SBA.

4) Secure full reassurance for all in scope publicly owned residential buildings over 11 metres; and

5) Establish a clear remediation pathway for all in scope residential buildings over 18 metres.

The actions outlined below set out how this will be achieved between Autumn 2025 and March 2026, ensuring the programme continues to move decisively from identification to resolution.

• Increase Single Open Call (Stage One) funding to £20 million. This uplift will ensure that every eligible application submitted by 31 December 2025 can move forward without delay. By increasing assessment activity, we will help identify risks earlier and ensure buildings are ready to progress on a remediation pathway at the earliest opportunity.
• Equal Access to Funding for Social Housing and Private Residential Properties. As the programme progresses, funding will be made available on an equitable basis to support both private sector residential properties and social housing. This ensures that all eligible buildings, regardless of ownership or tenure, can access the support necessary to assess, initially mitigate and remediate cladding-related risks.
• Launch of Stage Two of the Single Open Call on 7 August 2025. Funding will be provided to continue to support owners who received funding for an SBA in Stage One. This further funding will allow owners, or their representatives, to arrange for any required mitigation and/or essential cladding remediation works identified through the funded SBA. As with Stage One, Scottish Government's predominate role will be to provide funding, rather than actively arrange any works required. We are committed to providing necessary financial support for mitigations and/or remediation, and applications where the SBA has indicated significant risks will be prioritised. Supporting information, including the full eligibility and funding criteria is set out here. Please note, this does not apply to buildings where a developer is progressing assessment and remediation.
• Accelerate mitigations by making £10 million in funding available to support the installation, upgrade, or overhaul of interlinked fire alarm systems in private, multi-owner buildings with cladding, where a need is identified at any stage during the SBA process. Institutional owners are already responsible for such systems in social housing, though where necessary funding will be considered to support upgrades to ensure resident safety. This provides an immediate life-safety benefit while longer-term remediation is planned. Buildings become eligible once SBA funding is approved, and do not need to wait for the assessment to be completed. The funding will be in place until 31 December 2025 (subject to extension based on demand) and excludes buildings where developers have been identified and are taking responsibility for assessment and remediation.
• Commence the remediation pathway for buildings with completed Single Building Assessments. Where the Scottish Government has directly commissioned and reviewed an SBA and essential cladding remediation is required, support will be provided to begin remediation construction work. This includes technical design work, engagement with owners and residents, and access to relevant funding.
• Establish remediation pathways for all buildings over 18 metres. By October 2025, working with delivery partners, all such buildings that were included on the High-Rise Inventory and highlighted through other data sources (regardless of tenure), will be reviewed to confirm assessment status, responsible parties, and appropriate routes to remediation. Where no responsible developer or building owner is taking forward action, the Scottish Government will intervene directly to ensure these buildings are brought onto a funded and trackable remediation pathway as soon as possible.
• Complete the information-gathering exercise on all relevant buildings over 11 metres owned by local authorities or Registered Social Landlords. By October 2025, the information-gathering exercise will provide an updated overview of all relevant buildings over 11 metres owned by local authorities and RSLs. It will show which buildings still need assessment and/or remediation. Where action is needed, the Scottish Government will work proactively with the building owners to ensure these buildings enter a funded and trackable assessment and remediation pathway as soon as possible. Throughout the process, the Government will continue to require building owners to provide complete information to ensure no relevant buildings are omitted from the programme.
• Finalise the Developer Remediation Contract. Developers will be invited to sign by a deadline of 31 October 2025. The contract will be agreed with participating developers, clarifying their obligations to assess and remediate buildings for which they have accepted responsibility.

These actions will significantly advance the programme and lay the foundations for a longer-term trajectory toward complete remediation of Scotland’s affected buildings.