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12 WORK to remove potentially dangerous cladding at Crown Heights is underway, with the progress captured by a Basingstoke resident in this gallery. Barry Walker shared the images of scaffolding on the high-rise apartment building in Alencon Link in the Basingstoke Gazette Camera Club. Remedial works to remove the […] Click here to view original…

cladding crisis mobile phone The cladding crisis is so widespread that property data company PriceHubble claims it is contributing to the underperformance of flats in the UK property market compared to other property types. And those affected properties are experiencing significant declines in transaction volumes, with some areas seeing […] Click here to view original…

A total of 596 social housing blocks with unsafe cladding still have no clear remediation plan in place, latest official figures have revealed. A block of flats undergoing cladding remediation (picture: Alamy) Sharelines Nearly 600 social housing blocks with unsafe cladding still have no remediation plan #ukhousing The figure […] Click here to view original…

Image source, Mark Deeley Image caption, About 300 people were evacuated from the building after the fire in August Neranjana Elapatha & Nathan Briant BBC News, Berkshire Published20 February 2025 Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony’s light fitting caught […] Click here to view original…

About 300 people were evacuated from the building after the fire in August Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony’s light fitting caught fire, investigators have concluded. Nearly 300 residents were evacuated from Mosaic Apartments in Slough’s High Street just […] Click here to view original…

About 300 people were evacuated from the building after the fire in August Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony’s light fitting caught fire, investigators have concluded. Nearly 300 residents were evacuated from Mosaic Apartments in Slough’s High Street just […] Click here to view original…

In December, the new Labour Government acknowledged that far too many residential buildings still have unsafe cladding. In response, it published a Remediation Acceleration Plan which should mean that, by the end of 2029, all buildings over 59ft (18m) tall with unsafe cladding that are on a Government scheme […] Click here to view original…

NEWS Government to introduce new remediation enforcement unit for cladding PUBLISHED AUTHOR FPA Media SHARE The government is in the process of setting up a “ dedicated Remediation Enforcement Unit ” within the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), a Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) official has revealed […] Click here to view original…

A cladding safety campaigner has branded a target date of 2029 for when buildings in England will have dangerous cladding removed ‘meaningless’ (Alamy/PA) 3 February 2025 WEST END FINAL Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about […] Click here to view original…

Body to sit within Building Safety Regulator and will be used to speed up remediation on higher risk buildings The government is setting up a new body to enforce cladding remediation on higher risk buildings. Building safety minister Alex Norris said the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is working with […] Click here to view original…