, Shadow Minister
for Climate Change and Housing, has expressed her delight that
the Welsh Parliament has backed her proposal for a Bill to ensure
that high-rise building developers are responsible for safety
issues.
The legislation proposed would:
- create a duty on developers to
refund leaseholders for reasonable costs accrued due to building
safety issues; and
- prohibit any developer who refuses
to remediate the fire safety defects on buildings they developed
from being awarded planning permission for any new developments
in Wales.
Commenting after securing support from across the Welsh
Parliament, the Shadow Minister said:
“There is a need to use our law-making ability to provide justice
for leaseholders trapped in unsafe buildings through no fault of
their own.
“It is wrong that here in Wales developers who do not remediate
are still allowed to carry out major developments and gain
building control sign-off.
“We must take a stand for Wales, and say NO.
“The legislative proposal that has been backed today would put in
law that any developer who refuses to remediate the fire safety
defects on buildings they developed would be barred from being
awarded planning permission for any new developments in Wales.
“I hope that the Welsh Government Minister for Climate Change
will now take my successful proposal forward, stand up for
leaseholders, and stand up to developers”.
