Building Safety recap August, 2025 - Revision history

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−	= What else we missed from July =	+	= What else we missed from July in brief =
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		+	Litigation, regulation, and market pressures are converging to reshape the UK’s building safety landscape. BDP has filed a claim against Kingspan over alleged misrepresentation of insulation, while the Court of Appeal confirmed the Building Safety Act 2022 applies retrospectively, shielding leaseholders from historic remediation costs. Enforcement is tightening with prosecutions against firms ignoring fire safety, and policy reforms include new Welsh remediation rules for buildings over 11m, updated evacuation guidance for vulnerable residents, and a regulator MoU to strengthen oversight. Industry-wide updates to the EWS1 process aim to stabilise lending and protect leaseholders, yet delays in Higher-Risk Building applications, rising remediation costs such as Taylor Wimpey’s £435m bill, and devastating fires in Dagenham and Iraq highlight the ongoing risks and urgency of reform.
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		+	= August in brief =
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		+	A series of building safety developments underscored the drive for accountability, competence, and clearer regulation. The government appointed six experts to the Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance panel, tasked with overhauling Approved Documents by 2026, while the Court of Appeal confirmed that key leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply retrospectively, ensuring developers and landlords, not residents, fund historical remediation. Across the UK, progress continues: Scotland reported 600 applications to its Cladding Remediation Programme, Wales issued updated guidance for fire safety remediation of residential buildings over 11m, and England saw L&Q secure a £15m settlement with Bouygues over unsafe cladding. Industry responses included the CIOB’s new Guide to Products Critical to Safe Construction, CITB’s training programme to upskill façade workers, and the GAI/DHF/OPSS fire door ironmongery guide, all aimed at raising competence and compliance. Meanwhile, LABC launched self-assessment tools to prepare local authority teams for upcoming BSR audits, reflecting a wider push to embed best practice and restore confidence in the building safety system.
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		+	= July in detail =

	== BDP files claim against Kingspan over marketing of insulation product. ==		== BDP files claim against Kingspan over marketing of insulation product. ==
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−	~~== Building Safety Act 2022 Handbook for Wales Design and Construction Phase ==~~	+	= August in detail =
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	== Membership of Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance. 1 Aug ==		== Membership of Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance. 1 Aug ==

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		+	== Building Safety Act 2022 Handbook for Wales Design and Construction Phase ==

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		+	== Membership of Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance ==
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		+	On 31 July 2025, the government announced the appointment of six members to the Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance panel, established in response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 2 recommendation to urgently review statutory guidance known as the Approved Documents. The panel will advise the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), which was tasked in December 2024 with leading the review to improve how the guidance is produced, structured, and presented. Chaired by the BSR, the panel includes experts across architecture, digital standards, housebuilding, planning, and fire safety: Dinah Bornat, Dan Rossiter, Danielle Michalska-Morris, Rachel Ferguson, Professor Luke Bisby, and Dr Hywel Davies. They will deliver an interim report in early 2026 and a final report in summer 2026. Minister for Building Safety, Alex Norris, highlighted that clearer, more practical guidance will improve compliance, raise safety and quality in construction, and support delivery of 1.5 million new homes, while ensuring greater confidence in the building safety system.
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		+	[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Fundamental_Review_of_Building_Regulations_Guidance https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Fundamental_Review_of_Building_Regulations_Guidance]
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	== CIOB Guide to Products Critical to Safe Construction published ==		== CIOB Guide to Products Critical to Safe Construction published ==