Guidance
Building Safety Programme: letters
Letters from the Building Safety Programme, established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe, now and in the future.
Letters
- Letter 36 - to building control bodies on the retraction of three tests carried out on Kingspan K15 insulation - 10 March 2021
- Letter 35 - to local planning authorities on amendments to the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) - 30 December 2020
- Letter 34 - draws attention to the publication of revised Building Regulations and Fire Safety Procedural Guidance - 15 July 2020
- Letter 33 - draws attention to amendments to Approved Document B (fire safety) 2019 edition, volume 1: Dwellings & volume 2: buildings other than dwellings - 26 May 2020
- Letter 32 - explains the impact of a High Court judgement on the ban on combustible materials in and on the external walls of high-rise buildings and reminds building control bodies of their responsibilities - 11 December 2019
- Letter 31 - to building control bodies announcing the new clarified Approved Document B 2019 edition - 5 July 2019
- Letter 30 - to building control bodies regarding the application of requirement B4 of the Building Regulations 2010 - 1 July 2019
- Letter 29 - Remediation of private sector residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding: ministerial direction - 9 May 2019
- Letter 28 - response to Steve Reed MP and others on delivering building safety through the announced ban on combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings - 7 November 2018
- Letter 27 - to Sovereign Group Ltd confirming the test results of two FD30s and two solid FD30 composite fire doors - 4 October 2018
- Letter 26 - to Britdoors By System’ confirming the test results of two solid FD30s and two glazed FD30 composite fire doors - 4 October 2018
- Letter 25 - to Vista Panels confirming the test results of two solid FD30 composite fire doors - 4 October 2018
- Letter 24 - to local authorities about issues arising from assessments of external wall cladding systems - 10 September 2018
- Letter 23 - to local authorities about recent issues arising from fire door tests - 1 August 2018
- Letter 22 - to local authority and housing association chief executives on the funding for removal and replacement of ACM cladding systems on high-rise buildings in the social housing sector - 25 May 2018
- Letter 21 - to local authorities instructing them to pay particular regard to cladding related issues when reviewing housing in their areas - 17 May 2018
- Letter 20 - to customers of Manse Masterdor Ltd regarding action required to review building risk assessments and provide information to the National Fire Chiefs Council - 16 May 2018
- Letter 19 - to local authority and housing association chief executives providing information on the investigation into fire doors - 15 March 2018
- Letter 18 - to the Local Government Association on government support for identification of private sector buildings - 1 March 2018
- Letter 17 - to local authority chief executives: New Burdens Assessment update - 19 October 2017
- Letter 16 - to private residential building owners requesting information about their buildings - 19 October 2017
- Letter 15 - about identifying all residential tower blocks with ACM cladding - legal clarification - 8 October 2017
- Letter 14 - to local authorities on wind-loading calculation for cladding - 5 September 2017
- Letter 13 - to local authorities and housing associations on the safety of large panel system buildings - 5 September 2017
- Letter 12 - to local authorities on identifying all residential tower blocks with ACM cladding: follow up guidance - 5 September 2017
- Letter 11 - to local authorities on the safety of their large panel system buildings with piped gas - 18 August 2017
- Letter 10 - to local authority chief executives on identifying all residential tower blocks with ACM cladding - 11 August 2017
- Letter 9 - to local authorities on the safety of large panel system buildings with piped gas - 11 August 2017
- Letter 8 - to local authorities on recladding of tall buildings - 13 July 2017
- Letter 7 - to permanent secretaries public sector estate safety checks - 28 June 2017
- Letter 6 - to local authorities and housing associations on safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire - 22 June 2017
- Letter 5 - update to MPs on the Grenfell Tower disaster - 22 June 2017
- Letter 4 - to owners, landlords and managers of private residential blocks on safety checks on private residential blocks - 21 June 2017
- Letter 3 - to all registered providers on health and safety - 20 June 2017
- Letter 2 - to local authorities on safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire: further guidance - 19 June 2017
- Letter 1 - to local authorities and housing associations on safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire - 18 June 2017
Updates to this page
Published 21 November 2018
Last updated 10 March 2021 + show all updates
Last updated 10 March 2021 + show all updates
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Added letter 36: to building control bodies on the retraction of three tests carried out on Kingspan K15 insulation
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Added letter 35: to local planning authorities on amendments to the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO)
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Added letter drawing attention to the publication of revised Building regulations and fire safety procedural guidance.
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Added link to Approved Document B volume 1 and 2: circular 01/220, which draws attention to amendments to Approved Document B (fire safety) 2019 edition, volume 1: Dwellings & volume 2: buildings other than dwellings.
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Added 'Letter 30 - to building control bodies regarding the application of requirement B4 of the Building Regulations 2010 - 1 July 2019'.
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Added 'Remediation of private sector residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding: ministerial direction'.
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First published.