Developer Urban Splash Forced to Pay £45m over Manchester Fire Safety Works
The tribunal said five subsidiaries must repay the sum after finding Building Safety Fund money was used for fire-risk repairs on seven buildings.
- On Thursday, the First-tier Tribunal ordered five Urban Splash subsidiaries to pay £46.5m to the government for fire safety remediation on seven Manchester high-rise buildings.
- The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government initiated proceedings three years ago to recover Building Safety Fund money used after the Grenfell Tower fire.
- Judges ordered the payment "principally because of our conclusion concerning the government's shared responsibility for the circumstances which produced the building-safety crisis," reducing the bill by 10 per cent.
- Urban Splash Limited is described as "technically insolvent" in the tribunal judgment, though a spokesperson admitted the liability is "significant" and hopes to find a "constructive way forward with government."
- Housing secretary Angela Rayner welcomed the ruling, stating, "The industry must pay its fair share," as the government continues efforts to recover public funds spent on building safety remediation.
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In the UK, a developer and four linked firms have been ordered to pay £46.5 million towards fire-safety work on seven Manchester buildings, following a landmark tribunal ruling that cut the government's claim
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Urban Splash hit by £46.5m fire safety bill on Manchester housing blocks
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