Official costs of combustibles ban too low, says expert

By Thomas Lane and Jordan Marshall2018-06-20T06:00:00

Using non-combustible cladding material could add more than £60/m2 to high-rise buildings

The government’s estimate that a proposed ban on combustible cladding would add up to an extra £75,000 to a building’s cost is already being challenged as too low by the industry.

On Monday, housing secretary James Brokenshire launched a consultation on the use of combustibles on the external walls of high-rise residential buildings that are 18m high or over.

It closes on 14 August, and Brokenshire told MPs: “I have listened carefully to concerns and I intend to ban the use of combustible materials on the external walls of high-rise residential buildings, subject to consultation.”

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