Building safety compliance in Islington
Islington combines dense Victorian estates with new high-rise development around Old Street and the City fringe.
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- Islington's registered higher-risk building count is taken from the BSR register.
Building safety in Islington
Islington has a dense mix of Victorian mansion blocks, post-war estates and new towers around the City fringe and King's Cross.
The local authority in Islington is the London Borough of Islington. For higher-risk buildings, the Building Safety Regulator is the building control authority and holds the register of occupied HRBs - not the London Borough of Islington.
The remediation picture
As at 30 April 2026, 4,378 residential buildings 11m and over with unsafe cladding were being monitored in the government's remediation programmes across England - 55% had started or completed works. Islington sits within one of the largest concentrations of these buildings in the country.
Source: MHCLG Building Safety Remediation monthly data release, April 2026.
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