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Building safety compliance in Newcastle

Newcastle has a growing stock of high-rise residential and student accommodation across the city centre and quayside.

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Key facts

  • Newcastle's registered higher-risk building count is taken from the BSR register.

Building safety in Newcastle

Newcastle has residential towers around the city centre and quayside, alongside a significant stock of post-war high-rise housing.

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