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Building safety compliance in Newham

Newham contains major high-rise residential regeneration around Stratford and the Royal Docks.

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Key facts

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

Building safety in Newham

Newham has seen extensive high-rise development around Stratford, the Royal Docks and Canning Town, adding to a substantial stock of existing residential towers.

The local authority in Newham is the London Borough of Newham. 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 Newham.

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. Newham 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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