Scottish Safer Buildings Accord: developer remediation contract

Overview 

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing wrote to developers on 31 October 2025 asking them to sign a contract committing them to fix unsafe buildings they developed.  

The Developer Remediation Contract 

This is a legally binding agreement between developers and the Scottish Government. Developers who sign are committing to: 

• taking responsibility to identify and assess buildings in scope that they developed or refurbished in Scotland over the 30 years ending on 1 June 2022. 
• carrying out certain remediation work as identified in a Single Building Assessment to address any risk to human life that is (directly or indirectly) created or exacerbated by the building’s external wall cladding system. 
• keeping owners and residents of these buildings informed on their progress towards their commitments.

A copy of the contract is attached below.

Background 

In 2023, developers signed a developer commitment letter, pledging to remediate life critical fire safety works in buildings they built. The Developer Remediation Contract makes this commitment legally enforceable. 

Developers who have signed

We wrote to 9 developers on 31 October 2025, inviting them to sign the Developer Remediation Contract.

 The following developers have signed:

• Persimmon Public Limited Company

Lovell Partnerships Limited signed the original Developer Commitment Letter but has no buildings within scope of this contract.

We will update this page as more developers sign. 

Further information and support 

For more information about: 

• the Developer Commitment Letter - Developer commitment letter - Scottish Safer Buildings Accord: developer commitment letter
• building safety and cladding remediation - Cladding Remediation Programme: factsheet
• support available for residents and building owners - Cladding Remediation Programme: factsheet

Developer Remediation Contract

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