Consultation outcome

Banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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Consultation response: banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings

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Detail of outcome

Government response to the consultation on banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings.


Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on the proposed ban of combustible materials.

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Consultation description

This proposal is in line with the Secretary of State’s commitment in Parliament on 17 May 2018 to consult on banning the use of combustible materials in cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings.

This consultation is seeking views on our proposals to ban the use of certain materials. We will also produce a detailed impact assessment based on the information we receive from this consultation to inform our final policy decision.

Documents

Banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings: a consultation paper

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Updates to this page

Published 18 June 2018
Last updated 29 November 2018 + show all updates
  1. Added government response to the consultation: banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings

  2. First published.

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