Building safety compliance in Manchester
Manchester has seen rapid high-rise residential and Build-to-Rent growth across the city centre and surrounding districts.
Talk to a specialistKey facts
- Greater Manchester has one of the largest high-rise stocks outside London; exact registered HRB counts are taken from the BSR register.
Building safety in Manchester
Manchester has the largest cluster of tall residential buildings outside London, concentrated around Deansgate, the city core and the Green Quarter, including some of the tallest residential towers in the UK.
The local authority in Manchester is Manchester City Council. For higher-risk buildings, the Building Safety Regulator is the building control authority and holds the register of occupied HRBs - not Manchester 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. Manchester 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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