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Building safety compliance in Liverpool

Liverpool's waterfront and city centre host significant high-rise residential stock under active building safety oversight.

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Key facts

  • Liverpool's registered higher-risk building count is taken from the BSR register; the council runs an active building safety programme.

Building safety in Liverpool

Liverpool's tall-building stock is concentrated around the waterfront, the Baltic Triangle and the city centre, alongside legacy high-rise housing.

The local authority in Liverpool is Liverpool City Council. For higher-risk buildings, the Building Safety Regulator is the building control authority and holds the register of occupied HRBs - not Liverpool City Council.

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.

Source: MHCLG Building Safety Remediation monthly data release, April 2026.

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