Building safety compliance in Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets has one of the highest concentrations of tall residential buildings in the UK, anchored by Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs.
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- Tower Hamlets has an estimated 64,000+ residential units in higher-risk buildings, among the highest of any local authority; exact building counts are taken from the BSR register.
Building safety in Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets has one of the highest concentrations of tall residential buildings in the country, from the Canary Wharf and Isle of Dogs clusters to dense new-build development around Poplar, Bow and the Blackwall reach.
The local authority in Tower Hamlets is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 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 Tower Hamlets.
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. Tower Hamlets 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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