Scottish Building Safety Levy

The Scottish Government’s plan to introduce a new tax on housebuilding to help fund the removal of dangerous cladding has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle, despite fears it could deepen Scotland’s housing emergency.

Legislation to raise funds towards Scotland’s cladding remediation programme carries “significant risk” to the housing market, a parliamentary report published today has concluded. Holyrood’s Finance and Public Administration Committee says it is “unconvinced” tha

The Scottish Government has announced a one-year delay to the Scottish Building Safety Levy (SBSL).

Social housing developments are to be made exempt from a new build levy that aims to unlock additional funding to fix building safety issues, newly published legislation has revealed.

Proposals for a tax on developers to raise funds to fix building safety issues in Scotland have been published for public consultation.

A tax on developers to raise funds to help fix building safety issues will be considered in Scotland under powers secured from the UK Government. The proposed Scottish Building Safety Levy would apply to the construction of new residential buildings, mirroring measures being introduced in England th