The Responsible Actors Scheme was launched in July 2023. Eligible
developers who do not join the Scheme and comply with its
conditions will have planning and building control prohibitions
imposed on them.
From: Department for Levelling
Up, Housing and Communities
Published 24 March 2023
Last updated 16 November 2023 — See all updates
Applies to England Documents
Responsible Actors Scheme:
plain English guide
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Responsible Actors Scheme:
enrolment guide
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Responsible Actors Scheme:
members list
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Responsible Actors Scheme:
prohibitions list
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Responsible Actors Scheme:
prohibitions key facts
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The Building Safety
(Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations
2023
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/753/made
Explanatory Memorandum to
the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions)
Regulations 2023
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/753/memorandum/contents
Impact Assessment for the
Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions)
Regulations 2023
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/753/impacts
Responsible Actors Scheme:
key features (published 24 March 2023, now superseded by
regulations)
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Details
On 3 July 2023, regulations to establish a Responsible Actors
Scheme (RAS) for residential developers under sections 126-129 of
the Building Safety Act 2022 were signed into law. On 21 July
2023, government launched the Responsible Actors Scheme.
The Scheme will recognise action taken by responsible developers
to identify and remediate or pay to remediate life-critical fire
safety defects in residential buildings 11 metres or over in
height which they developed or refurbished in England over the 30
years to 4 April 2022.
Developers who are likely to be eligible to join the Scheme will
receive an invitation from the Secretary of State. In order to
join the Scheme, eligible developers will need to respond to the
invitation, apply for membership and enter into the developer remediation
contract.
Those who successfully sign up to the Scheme will have their
names added to the Responsible Actors Scheme
members list.
Any eligible developer who is invited to join but does not sign
up to the Scheme, or joins but has their membership revoked
because they do not comply with the membership conditions, will
be added to the Responsible Actors Scheme
prohibitions list and will be subject to planning and
building control prohibitions to prevent their carrying out major
development and from securing building control approval subject
to limited exceptions.
As of 2 November 2023, 41 developers have joined the Scheme.
The developers who have joined the Responsible Actors Scheme have
collectively committed to remediating over 1,100 buildings,
equating to over 75,000 homes, at a cost to themselves of over £2
billion.
If you believe that you meet the criteria but have not received
an invitation to join, or you would like to volunteer to join the
Scheme, further information on how to apply to join the Scheme
can be found in the Responsible Actors Scheme
enrolment guide.
More information about the Responsible Actors Scheme can be found
in the Responsible Actors Scheme
plain English guide.
More information about the regulations can be found in
the explanatory
memorandum.
The regulations made on 3 July 2023 and the Responsible Actors
Scheme plain English and enrolment guides published on 24 July
2023 supersede the key features of
the Scheme that were published on 24 March 2023.
