Guidance

Housing health and safety rating system: assessment of high-rise residential buildings with cladding systems

Operating guidance addendum on the assessment of high-rise residential buildings with cladding systems.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 29 November 2018
• Last updated: 5 March 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS) operating guidance: addendum for the profile for the hazard of fire and in relation to cladding systems on high rise residential buildings

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0908-1, HC 1774

PDF, 309 KB, 15 pages

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Details

The housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS) is a risk-based assessment evaluation tool to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks and hazards to health and safety from any deficiencies identified in residential premises.

This addendum to the HHSRS has been produced for practitioners to provide guidance on the assessment of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding (and allow for a more robust assessment). It supplements the hazard profile for fire as given in the HHSRS operating guidance (see profile 24, pages 150 to 155) and should be read and used in conjunction with that operating guidance.

While this addendum deals specifically with high-rise residential buildings (those 18 metres high and over) with such cladding, some aspects of this guidance will be relevant to other residential buildings containing flats or apartments.

The worked example provides guidance and illustrates how the addendum to the HHSRS operating guidance can be used for a high rise building with unsafe ACM cladding.

Published 29 November 2018
Last updated 5 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 5 March 2019

   Added a worked example which provides guidance and illustrates how the addendum to the HHSRS operating guidance can be used for a high rise building with unsafe ACM cladding.

2. 29 November 2018

   First published.