Cladding Safety Scheme & Building Safety Fund Support London

The Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) and the Building Safety Fund (BSF) are government-backed routes that can fund eligible cladding and external wall remediation on qualifying buildings. They have their own eligibility criteria and processes, administered by the relevant scheme bodies. We provide technical evidence and project coordination support; we are not the scheme administrator and do not decide funding.

No. Funding decisions sit entirely with the relevant scheme administrators against their criteria. We support the technical evidence and project coordination that an application relies on, but we cannot and do not guarantee eligibility, funding approval, the amount of funding, or timescales.

Yes, where appropriate. We can help coordinate building information, the FRAEW and external wall evidence, material identification, the remedial scope and the technical narrative an application typically draws on, working alongside the responsible person and their advisers.

Closely. A FRAEW carried out under PAS 9980 and the related external wall evidence usually underpin the remediation case and scope that a funding route considers. We help align that technical evidence with the remedial scope and the project programme.

No. We are an independent RICS regulated building consultancy providing technical and project support. The scheme administrators run eligibility and funding decisions; our role is to help present clear, consistent technical evidence and to coordinate delivery, not to administer the scheme.

Typically the building information and ownership position, a FRAEW or external wall fire risk evidence, material identification, the proposed remedial scope and specification, and cost information. The exact requirements depend on the scheme and the building, and we help identify and close the evidence gaps.

Yes, subject to the appointment scope. Where remediation proceeds we can provide contract administration, clerk of works monitoring and client-side reporting so the funded works are delivered and evidenced consistently with the funding requirements.

Eligibility depends on the scheme criteria, including factors such as building height, the external wall construction and the type of defect, and these criteria change over time. We help establish whether a route is likely to be relevant before significant cost is incurred, but eligibility is determined by the scheme, not by us.

Yes. Where a building is not eligible, or eligibility is unclear, we can still advise on the external wall evidence, the remedial options and the practical routes forward, including how leaseholder protections and other funding or recovery routes may interact, alongside your legal advisers.

As early as possible. Getting the technical evidence and the remedial scope right at the outset, and aligned with the scheme requirements, avoids wasted cost and delay later. Early coordination is usually the most valuable stage of this support.