Does the Welsh Government intend to replicate the UK Government’s developer contract regarding cladding?
In Wales, 11 developers have signed up to the Welsh Government’s Developers’ Pact.
These developers are Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Lovell, McCarthy Stone, Countryside, Vistry, Redrow, Crest Nicholson, St Modwen, Bellway and Barratt.
The Pact represents a public commitment that developers will address fire safety issues in buildings of 11 metres and over they have developed over the last 30 years.
The Pact is underpinned by formal legal documentation. This has already been drafted and shared with the Home Builders Federation. I anticipate the developers will accept our terms shortly.
We are committed to collaborative working with developers, and I am pleased that a number of developers have started remediation works in advance of signing the legal contract, such as Bellway and Persimmon Homes, as I saw recently when I visited Century Wharf in Cardiff.