Housing (Cladding Remediation) Bill

Lisa Mannion, an associate in the Residential Property division of Thorntons, outlines Scotland's new cladding regulations. New legislation to help tackle unsafe property cladding has been introduced by the Scottish Parliament and is expected to become law within the next few months.

Jocelyne Fleming, policy and public affairs officer for the CIOB in Scotland, argues that draft cladding legislation has highlighted Scotland’s wider built environment safety challenge. Everyone deserves a safe place to sleep at night.

Responses to the Scottish Parliament’s recent call for views on its proposed Cladding Remediation Bill have now been published.

Edinburgh residents are being urged to have their say on legislation addressing unsafe cladding in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy. The call to action comes after a Holyrood committee visited a building with potentially dangerous cladding in the Leith area of the capital last week to meet with resi

A Holyrood Committee has launched a new call for views on legislation which would give Scottish ministers new powers to assess and remediate buildings in Scotland with unsafe cladding, following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.

Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings within scope with unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been published.