Scottish government to introduce its own Building Safety Levy

By Daniel Gayne2024-04-22T11:20:00

UK Government agrees to devolve powers

Scottish housebuilders could be hit with new taxes to fix building safety issues, after the UK government agreed to devolve new powers.

The proposed Scottish Building Safety Levy, which will fund the region’s cladding remediation programme, will apply to the construction of new residential buildings, mirroring the measures brought into force in England under the Building Safety Act.

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