PERSIMMON Homes is to fund and complete essential cladding work in buildings for which it is responsible for, after becoming the first developer in Scotland to sign the Scottish Government’s Developer Remediation Contract.
The contract commits developers to arranging safety assessments for all buildings in scope that need to be checked as quickly as possible and providing the list to Scottish ministers within 30 days of signing the contract.
Further to this is fixing all critical safety problems in buildings 11 metres or taller they built or renovated in Scotland over the last 30 years to June 2022.
In October, Scottish Government housing secretary Màiri McAllan invited nine developers with an average operating profit of more than £10 million to sign the Developer Remediation Contract.
Welcoming Persimmon’s signing of the legally binding contract, Ms McAllan said, “This is a positive step forward in making relevant buildings safer and giving residents confidence in work carried out and I would like to see the remaining developers follow Persimmon’s lead.
“By signing this contract, developers will give reassurance to the people living in these buildings that essential remediation work will progress at pace.
“Developers who sign the contract will also be required to reimburse taxpayers for funding already spent on remediating buildings they were responsible for.”
Persimmon homes regional chair, John Roocroft, added, “Persimmon has consistently taken a proactive, industry-leading approach to building safety, to do the right thing for the residents affected. We are pleased to reaffirm this by becoming the first developer to sign the Scottish Government’s Developer Remediation Contract. We are already making good progress in remediating the buildings requiring works and will continue working constructively with the Scottish Government and residents to complete the works as quickly as possible.”
