Responsible Actors Scheme
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.
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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 31 January 2024, 45 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.
Guidance on responding to breaches of planning control under the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023 can be found in the RAS Enforcement PPG.
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.
Last updated 15 February 2024 + show all updates
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Added Responsible Actors Scheme: prohibitions key facts.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated with further information on the implementation of the Responsible Actors Scheme.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: members list
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: Members list.
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Updated Responsible Actors Scheme: Members List.
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The Responsible Actors Scheme was launched 24 July 2023. Added plain English guide, enrolment guide, members list and prohibitions list.
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Updated with information on and links to the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023, that passed into law on 3 July 2023.
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Updated with information on and links to the draft affirmative Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023, that were laid in Parliament on 25 April 2023, and associated documents.
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First published.