Local authorities can remove combustible cladding on private towers as ban comes into effect

By Jordan Marshall2018-11-29T16:37:00

Local authorities will have to recover costs from the building's owner

Local authorities have been given the power to remove and replace unsafe cladding on private buildings as the government brings in its ban on combustible materials on new high-rise homes.

Regulations have been laid in parliament today (29 November) which give legal effect to the combustible materials ban that was announced in the summer.

The ban means combustible materials will not be permitted on the external walls of new buildings over 18m containing flats, as well as new hospitals, residential care premises, dormitories in boarding schools and student accommodation over 18m.

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